List of crossings of the Atlantic Ocean

This is a list of notable crossings or attempted crossings of the Atlantic Ocean.

For the purposes of this list, a transatlantic voyage goes between the Americas, Caribbean, or nearby islands; and Europe, Iceland, Africa, or nearby islands.

Maritime explorations by Norse peoples from Scandinavia during the late 10th century led to the Norse colonization of Greenland and a base camp L'Anse aux Meadows[1] in Newfoundland,[2] which preceded Columbus's arrival in the Americas by about 500 years.

According to the Vinland sagas, this includes journeys by: Other pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories involving transatlantic travel have not been supported by enough evidence to be widely accepted, such as the travels of Prince Madoc of Gwynedd, Wales in 1170.

Ra II , a ship built from papyrus , was successfully sailed across the Atlantic by Thor Heyerdahl proving that it was possible to cross the Atlantic from Africa using such boats in early epochs of history.