Deucaledon Ocean

Middle English

Etymology

Calque of Latin Ōceanus Deucaledonius.

Proper noun

Deucaledon Ocean

  1. The Deucaledon Ocean (a historical ocean which comprises roughly the northernmost parts of the Atlantic Ocean)
    • 1635, Gerhard Mercator, translated by W. S. generosus, & Coll. Regin. Oxoniæ., Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world.‎[1]:
      Southerne bounds towards England are the Rivers Tweede and Solwey, on the North is the Deucaledon Ocean, on the West the Irish, on the East the German, other parts the Ocean and the German Sea doe compasse.
      Southbound towards England are the Rivers Tweed and Solway, on the North [of Britain] is the Deucaledon Ocean [translating Ōceanus Deucaledonius], on the West the Irish, on the East the Germans, and the ocean and German Sea encompass other parts [of Britain].
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