transatlantic voyages
Sailing between continents
Transatlantic voyages are journeys across the Atlantic Ocean, typically between Europe and the Americas.
The phrase evokes the era of ocean liners before commercial aviation: My great-grandparents made the transatlantic voyage from Ireland in steerage.
Now the term appears mostly in historical contexts or for recreational cruises rather than practical travel.
- sailing shipsWind-driven watercraft with masts
- steamshipsEngine-driven water vessels
- shipwrecksDestroyed vessels underwater
- Gulf StreamWarm Atlantic ocean current
- ocean linersLarge passenger vessels
Columbian Exchange · mercantilism · European colonization · globalization · West Africa · clipper ships · piracy · Caribbean Sea · Middle Passage · slave trade · Viking expeditions · immigration waves · ship manifest · sea legs · cargo vessels · Western Europe · Eastern United States · icebergs
- colonial historycolonization, colonies, pilgrims, Jamestown, Plymouth
- John CabotJohn Cabot, Matthew
transatlantic voyagestransatlantic flights
Air travel across the ocean
air travel · train travel · transcontinental rail · driving · road trips
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