Atlantic

The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author,
Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed
by mariners with a mixture of awe, terror and amazement - ...

The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author,
Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed
by mariners with a mixture of awe, terror and amazement -- an impassable
barrier to the unknown. In recent times, as we fly high above it
without so much as bothering to look down, this vast sea has been
reduced to the status of a mere passageway between continents -- 'the
pond'. It is easy to forget that the Atlantic has been the setting for
some of the most important exchanges, ideas and challenges in the
history of civilisation -- a fulcrum ar