Sea of Darkness

The sea of Darkness ( Pond Tenebrarum or Pond Latin Tenebrosum in , Arab Bahr Al-Zulumat in ) was a medieval name of the Atlantic Ocean, inaccessible to the sailors of the time.

At the end of the 13th century, the historian Ibn Khaldoun written: (the Atlantic Ocean is) a vast ocean and without limits, within which the ships do not dare to venture out of sight of the coasts, because even if the sailors knew the direction of the winds, they could not know where those would carry them, because there was no territory inhabited beyond, and they ran the risk to be lost in the fogs and darkness.

At the beginning of the 15th century, it describes the ocean beyond the Cape Bojador (the Western Sahara), the most southern point reached by the European or Arab explorers, whose crossing was considered impossible because of the Vent S and the current .

Source

  • Paul Lunde, Pillars Off Hercules, Sea Off Darkness to read in line

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