DIVIDING THE OCEAN SEA [*].

From: The Geographical Review | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: LEWIS, MARTIN W. | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. The conventional view of global hydrography, which maps three or four oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and, sometimes, Arctic) did not emerge until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Previously, markedly different conceptions of sea space prevailed, conceptions that changed not only to reflect new discoveries but also in accordance with changing intellectual fashions. By examining the history of global hydrography and by entertaining novel schemes of ocea...

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