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Atlantic Ocean

The second-largest ocean, dividing the Old and New Worlds; its crossing opened the age of transatlantic trade, cables and flight.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1492 CE mainstream
  Columbus crosses to the Americas source
• 1858 CE mainstream
  the first transatlantic telegraph cable is laid source
• 1919 CE mainstream
  Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight source

Where

5.0000° N, 30.0000° W

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195320336.003.0002
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown

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