oceanic voyages
Trips across water
Oceanic voyages are extended sea journeys across open ocean, typically between continents or distant ports.
The phrase evokes historical exploration and maritime adventure—Columbus's oceanic voyages to the Americas, Polynesian oceanic voyages across the Pacific.
Modern usage tends toward the literary or formal; casual speech prefers ocean crossing or simply sailing.
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- age of explorationPeriod of venturing into unknowns
- shipping lanesDesignated ocean travel paths
- cargoTransported goods
- port of callScheduled ship stopover
Magellan · spice trade · Columbus · discovery · uncharted waters · trade winds · cartography · astrolabe · privateers · deep-sea exploration · sextant · dead reckoning · ship's log · submersibles · cruise ships · merchant ships · expedition · scurvy
oceanic voyagesoverland expeditions
Journeys made across terrain
desert crossings · mountain expeditions · caravan routes · road trips · railway journeys
oceanic voyagesday trips
Short journeys returning home
commutes · neighborhood walks · errands · Sunday drives · weekend getaways
oceanic voyagesstaying home
Not going out
sedentary life · rootedness · staying put · settling down · immobility