Atlantic crossing
Ocean liner trip
An Atlantic crossing is a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, typically between Europe and the Americas.
The phrase evokes the era of ocean liners before commercial aviation: Her grandparents made the Atlantic crossing in steerage.
It now applies to any transatlantic journey by ship, including sailing vessels: They completed the Atlantic crossing in twenty-three days.
- LusitaniaWWI maritime casualty
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- maiden voyageShip's initial journey
- shipping lanesDesignated ocean travel paths
Middle Passage · steerage · below decks · Ellis Island · sea voyage · ocean voyage · African diaspora · Gulf Stream · rough seas · open water · Canary Islands · Cape Verde · port of call · Columbian Exchange · European colonization · Spanish Armada · West Africa · Mercantilism
- Ocean Voyagescruise ships, cargo ships, freighters, tankers, container ships
- sea routesshipping lane, Northwest Passage, sea routes, Northeast Passage, ocean routes
- steamship routestransatlantic route, cruise route
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- Age of ExplorationColumbus, Marco Polo, exploration, explorers, expeditions
- Maritime ExplorationColumbus, Magellan, voyage, navigator, Age of Discovery