sea voyages

Trips across water

Sea voyages are journeys made by ship across open water, typically covering significant distances.

The phrase evokes an era before air travel, when crossing oceans meant weeks aboard a vessel: The sea voyage from England to India took months.

It carries connotations of adventure, danger, and the romance of maritime exploration.

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dead reckoning · cruise liners · shipwrecks · trade · steamships · stowaway · scurvy · cartography · Jules Verne · adventure · open ocean · high seas · rough seas · logbook · Viking expeditions · shipbuilding · maritime law · provisions

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mode of travel

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Extended car journeys

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mobility vs stasis

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Not going out

sedentary life · settling down · staying put · domestic life · rootedness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G