Who said from sea to shining sea

Its designers wanted the map, a hundred feet in diameter, to show the great extent of sea, as opposed to land, on the earth's surface, emphasizing the important role the U. Navy has played in defending America as an "island nation. Symbols decorate the edges of the map like the vignettes on the borders of antique maps -- a bronze compass, ships' masts strung with flags, fountains containing water from the seven seas, bronze reliefs of scenes from naval history, and Stanley Bleifeld's seven-foot statue of a sailor.

The reliefs are realistic representations of various scenes from naval history. Later scenes include Matthew Perry landing in Japan in , Lieutenant Charles Wilkes in Antarctica in , and naval forces retrieving a space shuttle and its astronauts in Every branch of the service, from the Marines to the Coast Guard, receives its homage.

With these scenes in mind, visitors can walk across the map, contemplating various naval campaigns over the last two centuries, marveling at the intrepid nature of those who venture out to sea. The flags fluttering overhead, the sight of the Capitol building down the avenue, and the bulk of the National Archives building across the street, housing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, contribute to the patriotic mood.

Use this link to get back to this page. Date: Jan. From: Mercator's World Vol. Publisher: Advanstar Communications, Inc. Document Type: Article. Length: 1, words. Translate Article. Seas and oceans have a job to perform. As far as I am concerned, the seas can glitter, glimmer, sparkle, shine, or not shine, as long as they do their assigned task properly. And what is that task? And when I say world, I really mean the United States. The rest of the world can send their waste to China.

Heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Plastics comprise most of this trash, and a lot of this junk even sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Anyway, oceans and seas are pretty similar, because guess what? Both of them contain water. A lot of it. So what is a sea? A body of water smaller and less deep than an ocean. And an ocean? Do you really want me to tell you? One hint.

Really, what do we know about seas and oceans? In fact, we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the ocean seabed. And truth be told, I personally know squat about the surface of Mars. It appears that scientists have successfully mapped the entire ocean floor, although with rather poor resolution. So much so that we can only see structures larger than 3 miles.

But we can see waterfalls. In fact, the largest waterfall on earth is under water in the Denmark Strait. The largest land waterfall is 3, feet, while the one in Denmark falls about 11, feet, over a huge drop in the ocean floor. How tall and how deep? Mount Everest is 5. A pygmy, compared to the Mariana Trench near Guam, which is the deepest point on earth: almost 7 miles down. Do we need these oceans? You better believe it! They provide food, transportation, and over half of our oxygen.

Not to mention their role in climate regulation. Yes, Columbus did sail the ocean blue. Shiv Harsh is a physician who lives in Asheboro with his wife.