Quiz question - what did the English Channel used to be called?

[MoodySabre]

Google has let me down.

Quiz answer was German Channel. Any better ideas or provenance for that answer? Thank you learned forumites.

 

[Rustyknight]

From Wikepedia.....

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During the period of ancient Roman hegemony the channel was known in Latin as the Oceanus Britannicus and up until around 1549 it was known as the British Sea.


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A link from Wikepedia shows the map below, with what is now the North Sea called the Oceanus Germanicus......... which might be what you're after.

 

[Bru]

Right up until the early 20th Century (poss. WWI but not 100% certain on that) what we now call the North Sea was called the German Ocean (or Sea) on maps and charts.

 

[Bav34]

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[Searush]

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Doh! You beat me to it! Bet you don't remember it like that tho'! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif