In days of old, sailors would say they had sailed the seven seas.....what seas are the referring too???

Answer 1

It was more of a generic term for having been in multiple bodies of water. Modern people count them as the Arctic, the Antarctic, the North and South Pacific, the North and the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. It is very doubtful that any of the ancients went on all of those. They counted bodies of water like the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas. It was a mystical number used by numerous ancient cultures.

Answer 2

Here is what Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has to say about it.

What are the seven seas?

To the ancients, "seven" often meant "many," and before the fifteenth century, the many seas of the world were:

* the Red Sea
* the Mediterranean Sea
* the Persian Gulf
* the Black Sea
* the Adriatic Sea
* the Caspian Sea
* the Indian Ocean

Today, the world ocean is generally divided into four main oceans:

* the Arctic Ocean
* the Atlantic Ocean
* the Indian Ocean
* the Pacific Ocean

In addition, there are numerous smaller seas and gulfs.

Answer 3

Although seamen of long ago are popularly known to have stated "I've sailed the seven seas," there really wasn't a good definition of those seas. However, today, the seven seas are the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans.

Answer 4

http://www.whoi.edu/info/seven-seas.html

* the Red Sea
* the Mediterranean Sea
* the Persian Gulf
* the Black Sea
* the Adriatic Sea
* the Caspian Sea
* the Indian Ocean

Answer 5

If you consult a map (or a world globe) you will find that there are seven (7) major oceans. This is where the expression of "sailing the seven seas" comes from. Bascially it means that the Sailor who spoke it, has been around the world.

Have a lovely rest of the evening.

Answer 6

North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans.

Answer 7

North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans.

Answer 8

Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Arabian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea

Answer 9

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian ocean, Arctic ocean, Carribbean, Mediterranean, and the Red Sea

Answer 10

how about the 7 seas, look at a global map, there are 7 different sea names out there