What did early explorers call the atlantic ocean?

Question: What did early explorers call the atlantic ocean!?

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Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term "ocean" itself was to them synonymous with the waters beyond Western Europe that we now know as the Atlantic and which the Greeks had believed to be a gigantic river encircling the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It was also called "The World Sea", reflecting another early belief that it encircled the entire land area of the world!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

They name the Atlantic ocean after the titan Atlas!. Atlantic means "Sea of Atlas"Www@QuestionHome@Com