Mapmakers once referred to the southern Atlantic Ocean as the Ethiopian Ocean
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2021-05-02 11:15
Mapmakers once referred to the southern Atlantic Ocean as the Ethiopian Ocean
Not even Facebook knows that historic maps of Africa once referred to the ocean off its west coast as the Ethiopian Ocean, even though Ethiopia is on the continent's eastern side.The Atlantic Ocean was known as Ethiopian Ocean until the 19th century, reads text on a graphic posted on Instagram last ...

https://qz.com/africa/2004131/the-southern-atlantic-ocean-was-once-known-as-the-ethiopian-ocean/

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