8.In fact, finding a new source of peppercorns was one of the reasons the Spanish monarchy bankrolled Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic.
10.They came to the United States by way of Warsaw and Jerusalem—and later met each other on a ship crossing the Atlantic, between their worlds, old and new.
11.In 1986, he attempted the Atlantic crossing again, but this time, he succeed in spectacular fashion — he broke the world record for the crossing by over two hours.
12.The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the north–east, the sails were hoisted, and the Henrietta ploughed across the waves like a real trans–Atlantic steamer.