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Transatlantic crossing
Transatlantic crossings
are passages of passengers and cargo across the
Atlantic Ocean
between the
Americas
and
Europe
or
Africa
. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between
North America
and
Western Europe
. Centuries after the dwindling of sporadic
Viking
trade with
Markland
, a regular and lasting transatlantic
trade route
was established in 1566 with the Spanish
West Indies fleets
, following the
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
.
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