Publication date [1915?] Christopher Columbus may have been the first explorer to have interacted with the Sargasso Sea. Wide Sargasso Sea, novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. Sea Stories: Sargasso Weed by Edmund Clarence Stedman. [18], In the early 2000s, the Sargasso Sea was sampled as part of the Global Ocean Sampling survey, to evaluate its diversity of microbial life through metagenomics. Yes, the language is of the 1890's, when it was written, but that just adds to the flavor. However, based solely on this cutting edge theory, it’s not possible to draw conclusions about all the Sargasso’s unusual events, such as how some of the ships returned, or why these phenomena were never captured on radar or satellite and many more such questions that make this place an eternal mystery. [29], Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys is a rewriting of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre from Bertha Mason's point of view. I had read Jane Eyre when I … [5][6] Bermuda is near the western fringes of the sea. This revolt forms part of recent history for the events in Wide Sargasso Sea. An ancient Egyptian text described Jesus as a shape-shifter, The mysterious disappearance of Egyptian queen Nefertiti, Mystery of the “Taula” megaliths in Menorca. So the sea is named Sargasso. The Sargasso sea lies within the North Atlantic ocean, surrounded by four currents that form an ocean gyre. [9], The naming of the Sargasso Sea for its Sargassum seaweed dates from the early 15th-century Portuguese explorations of the Azores Islands and of the large "volta do mar" (the North Atlantic gyre), around and west of the archipelago, where the seaweed was often present. The Sargasso Sea is a 2,000,000-square-mile ellipse-shaped region of the North Atlantic Ocean extending south and east of Bermuda. The Sargasso Sea is often linked with the Bermuda Triangle. The Sargasso Sea setting is unique in "castaway" type novels. Imagine a sea which has no shoreline. Yes, the language is of the 1890's, when it was written, but that just adds to the flavor. Wide Sargasso Sea tells the story about Antoinette Cosway and her family. Once Christopher Columbus, the great ocean explorer who found the Americas, discovered a huge ellipse of Sargassum and on seeing the seaweeds, he thought that he was close to the shores whereas he was many hundreds of miles away from the land. The pop-culture wiki TV Tropes recognizes a trope that takes this same name. Antoinette Cosway is Rhys' version of Brontë's devilish "madwoman in the attic". Although sometimes referenced in popular culture in connection with the mythical ‘Bermuda Triangle’, for scientists around the world it is an area of interest due to its oceanographic history and the biodiversity of the high seas ecosystem. [15], The Sargasso Sea plays a role in the migration of catadromous eel species such as the European eel, the American eel, and the American conger eel. 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