Hi Art,
No, the 7 sears are an antiquitous reference, and is pertinent in that context.
Thus its BCE Greco roots stand.

A list of the modern Oceans is not a list of the 7 Seas.
The modern oceans generically speaking have fuzzy boundaries,
But I’m sure some bureaucrats in every country have delineated it all based on
longitude and latitude, etc.
… each claiming their markings are right.

Probably going like this.  (a bit of humor)
*   The USA says it is ours and our responsibility as the worlds greatest Su-su-
su-super Kapower!!!!!
*   The Soviets would have said they it is the “the Peoples” ocean and it
belong to mother Russia.  It is just one big ocean with different regions… like
the Mediterranean Block…
*   The French would have said, only we have the right to be in the sea...!
*   The Italians!
Oceano, che oceano?  Abbiamo soltanto il Mediteranian... lets have lunch...
(Ocean, what Ocean? We only have the Mediterranean)

( I vote for the Italians… Lets all do lunch!)

The best way to determine the correct boundaries for each ocean would be to
have the Pigs Fly over and do an aerial survey!!!!!!!!!!!!

.. Oh, and the 5th Element is really cool !!!!! … or should I say hot????
Leslie

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Dear Andrew:
   So I am to understand that the number "7" is about as pertinent as the
ancient "4" elements? Then there's the Antarctic Ocean. When does it become
distinguishable from the oceans it touches? Is it not just a "cold South
Pacific" frinstance? Is one in it when one sights the first penguin on an
iceberg?
    Art
>
> From: Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/01/20 Tue AM 03:30:13 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 7 seas
>
> >Modern references list them this way:
> >
> >all oceans of world: all the oceans of the world.
> >They are the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Arctic,
> >Antarctic, and Indian Oceans.
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> That list is highly incomplete! Oceans are geological structures,
> with basaltic floors (ie no contintntal crust underlying them except
> in shallow water ie continental shelves).
>
> Other oceans (size notwithstanding) are:
>
> Black Sea Mediterranean
> Red Sea
> ?Caspian Sea
> Caribbean Sea
> South China Sea
> --
> Andrew Grebneff