Editing Atlantic Ocean (section)

== Toponymy ==
[[File:1710 De La Feuille Map of Africa - Geographicus - Africa-lafeuille-1710.jpg|thumb|The [[Aethiopian Ocean]] depicted in a 1710 French map of [[Africa]]]]
The oldest known mentions of an "Atlantic" sea come from [[Stesichorus]] around mid-sixth century BC (Sch. A. R. 1. 211):<ref name="MangasPlácido1998">{{Cite book|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=pZBSML97Ya0C|page=283}}|title=La Península Ibérica en los autores griegos: de Homero a Platón – SLG / (Sch. A. R. 1. 211)|last1=Mangas|first1=Julio|last2=Plácido|first2=Domingo|last3=Elícegui|first3=Elvira Gangutia|last4=Rodríguez Somolinos|first4=Helena|publisher=Editorial Complutense|year=1998|page=283}}</ref> {{translit|grc|Atlantikôi pelágei}} ({{Langx|grc|link=no|Ἀτλαντικῷ πελάγει}}, {{gloss|the Atlantic sea}}, {{abbr|etym|etymologically}}. {{gloss|Sea of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]}}) and in ''[[Histories (Herodotus)|The Histories]]'' of [[Herodotus]] around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): {{translit|grc|Atlantis thalassa}} ({{Langx|grc|link=no|Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα}}, {{gloss|Sea of Atlas}} or {{gloss|the Atlantic sea}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dge.cchs.csic.es/xdge/%E1%BC%88%CF%84%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%82|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101191304/http://dge.cchs.csic.es/xdge/%E1%BC%88%CF%84%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%82|url-status=dead|title=Ἀτλαντίς, DGE Diccionario Griego-Español|archive-date=1 January 2018|website=dge.cchs.csic.es}}</ref>) where the name refers to "the sea beyond the [[pillars of Hercules]]" which is said to be part of the sea that surrounds all land.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hdt. 1.202.4}}</ref> In these uses, the name refers to [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]], the [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] in [[Greek mythology]], who supported the heavens and who later appeared as a frontispiece in medieval maps and also lent his name to modern [[Atlas (geography)|atlases]].<ref name="Oxford-Dict">{{Harvnb|Oxford Dictionaries|2015}}</ref> On the other hand, to early [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] sailors and in ancient Greek mythological literature such as the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'', this all-encompassing ocean was instead known as [[Oceanus]], the gigantic river that encircled the world; in contrast to the enclosed seas well known to the Greeks: the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.<ref>{{Harvnb|Janni|2015|p=27}}</ref> In contrast, the term "Atlantic" originally referred specifically to the [[Atlas Mountains]] in Morocco and the sea off the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] and the West African coast.<ref name="Oxford-Dict" />

The term "'''[[Aethiopian Ocean]]'''", derived from [[Aethiopia|Ancient Ethiopia]], was applied to the southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century.<ref name="AmCyclo-1873">{{Harvnb|Ripley|Anderson Dana|1873}}</ref> During the [[Age of Discovery]], the Atlantic was also known to English cartographers as the '''Great Western Ocean'''.<ref name="Steele1986">{{Cite book|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=N2fmCwAAQBAJ|page=14}}|title=The English Atlantic, 1675–1740: An Exploration of Communication and Community|last=Steele|first=Ian Kenneth|date=1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-503968-9|page=14|language=en}}</ref>

[[Image:Kill pier, Clare Island, Co Mayo 02.jpg|thumb|The Atlantic as seen from the shores of [[Clare Island]], Ireland in 1981.]]
'''The pond''' is a term often used by British and American speakers in reference to the northern Atlantic Ocean, as a form of [[Meiosis (figure of speech)|meiosis]], or ironic understatement. It is used mostly when referring to events or circumstances "on this side of the pond" or "on the other side of the pond" or "across the pond", rather than to discuss the ocean itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/pond?locale=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514104509/https://www.lexico.com/definition/pond?locale=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2021|title=pond|website=Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator|access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref> The term dates to 1640, first appearing in print in a pamphlet released during the reign of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], and reproduced in 1869 in [[Nehemiah Wallington]]'s ''Historical Notices of Events Occurring Chiefly in The Reign of Charles I'', where "great Pond" is used in reference to the Atlantic Ocean by [[Francis Windebank]], Charles I's [[Secretary of State (England)|Secretary of State]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/pond|title=Pond|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|publisher=Douglas Harper|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202041924/https://www.etymonline.com/word/pond|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Notices of Events Occurring Chiefly in the Reign of Charles I|last=Wellington|first=Nehemiah|date=1 January 1869|publisher=Richard Bentley|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLYzoGGXl7U|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/vLYzoGGXl7U|archive-date=22 November 2021|url-status=live|title=Lost in The Pond|date=8 April 2018|last=Brown, Laurence|via=YouTube|medium=Digital video}}{{cbignore}}</ref>