history of sea names

Mediterranean Sea

The word Mediterranean in the can from the Latin word "mediterraneus" which means the middle of the earth. The Romans in ancient times give a name to this because of the Mediterranean sea in the midst of the earth (between because the sea is surrounded by land or because the central region of the earth which they knew only this sea). Mediterranean Sea has an important role for the history of ancient cultures. Sea supports the expansion of trade and power of an ancient European nation.

Bering Sea

 

Bering Sea is named for the European explorers who first explored this sea, Vitrus Bering since 1725-1743. The northern part is surrounded by seas of Alaska, Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula. Bering Sea covered by ice during the winter and not warm enough to be a place to swim, not even during the summer.

 

Arabian Sea

 

The name of the Arabian Sea is received from its geographical location. Regions in the Indian Ocean which is surrounded by India on the east, Pakistan and Iran in the north and the Arabian peninsula in the west. Since the ancient times, many sea route through the Arabian Sea to link the Arab region with Africa, India, Southeast Asia and China. Caravans affect sea explorers, wrestle with day and night, walking in the desert that erratic weather and the threat of the pirates. Now, the Arabian Sea is a connecting point delivery of goods from Europe to India.

 

 

Black Sea

The Black Sea is surrounded by sea in the European region, Anatolia and the Caucasus mountains. In every country where this sea is a different story and history of the origins of the name of the Black Sea. For example saying that the sea is so deep that reflect black or because the sea is located in north Turkey (word north in the ancient language in the Turkish term is black). It is most reasonable to explain the origin of the name of a layer of black is the presence of hydrogen sulfide contained 200 meters below sea level. This component helps her sort yielding microbial population of black sediment, causing the sea it looks black and dark.

South China Sea

 

South China Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean and one of the largest in Earth's outer sea. Although surrounded by different countries, the sea is still called by the South China Sea and turns keep the story interesting in its history. In China, local people call this sea as the South Sea because of limits in southern China. In Vietnam, the sea is called the East Sea because it is located to the east of the country. Actually, the southern Chinese name given by Portuguese sailors who entered the trade with China. Previously they named this sea the South Sea, but because there are many limiting China Sea in the south so that the modified menjasi South China Sea.

Red Sea

Red Sea is the word direct translation from the Greek word "Thalassa Erythra" which comes from ancient times. There are two theories why the sea is called red. One theory says there is a red bacterium that appears on the surface of the sea at certain seasons and one said because mountain-gungung a reddish color and rich minerals contained in these seafront.

Caribbean Sea

The beautiful Caribbean Sea with an exotic island to make visitors of this region identifies this place is like heaven. Caribbean name derived from the name of Native American tribes that lived in this area in the 15th century the Carib of the first European sea explorers discovered while visiting the Caribbean islands at the time. Christopher Columbus who first discovered the Caribbean while trying to find the Asian continent in 1492. With the discovery of the archipelago, the region is growing rapidly and getting a touch of western cultural and trade links by sea has become crowded. This led to the hijackers was also tempted to hijack ships containing goods traded. Today, the Caribbean Sea region is where 22 beautiful islands and resorts of international standard.

Okhotsk Sea

 

 

Okhotsk Sea was first explored by a Russian named Ivan Moskvitin and Vassili Poyarkov in the year 1640. According to the historian of Russia, Okhotsk name derived from the word "okhota" which means river in the language of the ancient tribes living in this area. Okhota own name is also used as the name of the river which empties into the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Almost every year the sea is covered with ice and most of the islands are uninhabited sea.

 

Andaman Sea

Sea Andaman Sea is located in the northeastern Indian Ocean and the name was taken from the Andaman Islands. In antiquity, these islands inhabited by cannibals tribe. The word "Andaman" first appeared in the works of Arab geographers in the 9th century. Other assumptions say that the word comes from the Malay Andaman often sail in these seas and capture indigenous tribes to become the slaves. Malay call the island nation with Handuman which later became the Andamans.