SARGASSO See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

SEA  , a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, covered with floating seaweed (Sargassum, originally named sargaco by the Portuguese) . This tract is bounded approximately by 25° and 3o° N. and by 38° and 6o W., but its extent varies according to winds and ocean currents . By these agencies the See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed is carried and massed together, the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original source of See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply being probably the Caribbean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea and Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico (see See also:

• ALGAE

ALGAE) . Similar circumstances See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to the existence of other similar tracts covered with floating weed, e.g. in the solitary See also:

• PART

part of the Pacific Ocean, north of the Hawaiian islands, between 3o and 40° N. and between 150° and 18o° W . There is a smaller tract S.E. of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, and along a See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern ocean extending from the See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland Islands, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, similar floating See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of weed are encountered . The Sargasso Sea was discovered by See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus, who on his first voyage was involved in it for about a fortnight . The widely credited possibility of See also:

• SHIPS

ships becoming embedded in the weed, and being unable to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape, is disproved by the expedition of the " See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael Sara," under the direction of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray and the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, in 1910, which found the See also:

• SURFACE

surface covered with weed only in patches, not continuously .