Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second largest ocean, located between North America and South America to the west and Europe and Africa to the east.
During the Age of Discovery, European explorers passed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the various lands of the Americas, and started the age of colonialism. For European travellers, a voyage over the Atlantic Ocean spanned six weeks at best, but could take several months under bad circumstances, such as storms, seasickness and short food supplies.
The Europeans also voyaged the Atlantic to transport African slaves to the colonies in the New World. For slaves, the voyage was even worse, as they were kept below the ships' decks, bound in chains, rarely allowed to go out for fresh air, only being given a meal once a day and plagued by disease.
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