The "Seven Seas" (as in the idiom "sail the Seven Seas") is an ancient phrase for the world's major seas . Since the 19th century, the term has been taken to include   the seven oceans (oceanic bodies of water): the Arctic Ocean the North Atlantic Ocean the South Atlantic Ocean the Indian Ocean the North Pacific Ocean the South Pacific Ocean the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean
The "Seven Seas" (as in the idiom "sail the Seven Seas") was and is a figurative term for all the seas of the known world . The phrase is used in reference to sailors and pirates in the arts and popular culture and can be associated with the Mediterranean Sea, and/or the Arabian Seven Seas east of Africa and India (as told with Sinbad's seven journeys, and Captain Kidd), or is sometimes applied to the Caribbean Sea and seas around the Americas (with pirates such as Blackbeard). The Seven Seas was part of the vernacular of several nations long before some of the oceans named were known to the inhabitants of Europe and Asia, and is referred to in the literature of the ancient Hindus, Chinese, Persians, Romans and other nations. The term can now also be taken to refer to the seven oceans (oceanic bodies of water): the Arctic Ocean the North Atlantic Ocean the South Atlantic Ocean the Indian Ocean the North Pacific Ocean the South Pacific Ocean the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean
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is an ancient phrase for the world's major seas
was and is a figurative term for all the seas of the known world
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Since the 19th century, the term has been taken to include
The phrase is used in reference to sailors and pirates in the arts and popular culture and can be associated with the Mediterranean Sea, and/or the Arabian Seven Seas east of Africa and India (as told with Sinbad's seven journeys, and Captain Kidd), or is sometimes applied to the Caribbean Sea and seas around the Americas (with pirates such as Blackbeard).
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The Seven Seas was part of the vernacular of several nations long before some of the oceans named were known to the inhabitants of Europe and Asia, and is referred to in the literature of the ancient Hindus, Chinese, Persians, Romans and other nations.
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The term can now also be taken to refer to