Erythra Sea - Erythra Sea

Japanese: エリュトラ海 - えりゅとらかい
Erythra Sea - Erythra Sea

…The Antarctic Ocean is part of the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean, but they share many commonalities in terms of weather, ocean currents, and biological distribution, so these will be discussed in the Antarctic Ocean section.
[Changes in the concept of the Indian Ocean]
The Greeks had known for a long time that the Erythraean Sea (a collective term for the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean) was connected to the Atlantic Ocean (as seen in the writings of Herodotus and the Perspective of the Erythraean Sea). However, Ptolemy (2nd century), the compendium of ancient geography, considered the Indian Ocean to be an inland sea surrounded by land.

*Some of the terminology that mentions the "Erythraean Sea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南極海はインド洋,太平洋,大西洋の一部であるが,気象,海流,生物分布などについて共通する部分が多いため,それらについては〈南極海〉の項目で述べる。【氏家 宏】
[インド洋の観念の変遷]
 ギリシア人はエリュトラ海(紅海,ペルシア湾,インド洋の総称)が大西洋に続いていることを古くから知っていた(ヘロドトスの著作や《エリュトラ海案内記》に見られる)。古代地理学の集大成者プトレマイオス(2世紀)になると,かえってインド洋は周囲を陸地で囲まれた内海とされる。…

※「エリュトラ海」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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