The Seven Seas

The Seven Seas is a general term used by sailors and pirates referring to a number of vague oceans and seas.

A sailor may say "I have sailed the seven seas", generally meaning that they have travelled and explored a great many places by sea signifying their skill as a seaman.

Some older civilisations however did class the Earths waters as seven seas.

Most likely the one referred to in the Golden Era of Pirating and Monkey Island was actually the seven largest bodies of water:

• The Pacific Ocean,
• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Indian Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
• The Mediterranean Sea
• The Caribbean Sea
• The Gulf of Mexico

This listing includes The Caribbean which is the setting for the Monkey Island games.

Other Classifications

9th century China and Arabia

• the Bay of Bengal - The Sea of Harkand
• the Gulf of Khambhat. - The Sea of Larwi (Gujarat, India)
• the Strait of Malacca - The Sea of Kalah (Between Sumatra and Malaya)
• the Persian Gulf - The Sea of Fars (or Pars)
• the Singapore Strait - The Sea of Salahit
• the South China Sea - The Sea of Sanji
• the Gulf of Thailand - The Sea of Kardanj

Arabian Seven Seas

• the Adriatic Sea
• the Arabian Sea
• the Black Sea
• the Caspian Sea
• the Indian Ocean
• the Mediterranean Sea
• the Red Sea

The Medievil European

• the Mediterranean Sea, including its marginal seas, notably the Aegean Sea.
• the Adriatic Sea
• the Arabian Sea (which is part of the Indian Ocean)
• the Black Sea
• the Caspian Sea
• the Persian Gulf
• the Red Sea, including the closed Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee

In Colonial Times

The Clipper Ship Tea Route from China to England was the longest trade route in the world. It took sailors through seven seas and if someone had sailed them, it meant that he had sailed to, and returned from, the other side of the world.

• The Banda Sea

• The Celebes Sea

• The Flores Sea

• The Java Sea

• The South China Sea

• The Sulu Sea

• The Timor Sea.