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Exercise 1:
Issues related to naming seas
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Issue 1: What other seas are named for cardinal direction?
For image see, chapter
8 on "Sea name categories". A variant
name of the Pacific Ocean is the South Sea, because when
it was first glimpsed by Spanish conquistadores, it was
located southwards of them. What other seas are named
for cardinal directions?
Issue 2: what is the geographical
location ?
For image see chapter
9 on "Sea naming period". What
is the geographical location of the seas named in the
last three centuries?
For images see chapters 8
and 9.
In which period were most seas named after persons?
Issue
4: What was the principal motive?
For images see chapters 8
and 9.
What was the principal motive for naming seas in Antiquity?
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