Atlantic trade routes

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Atlantic trade routes canonical	3
Atlantic–Indian Ocean route	1
Caribbean trade routes	1
Iberian Atlantic routes	1
North Atlantic maritime routes	1
North Atlantic trade routes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2943711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Atlantic trade routes
Context triple: [Port of Thunder Bay, linkedTo, Atlantic trade routes]

A. South Atlantic trade routes
South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
B. Asia–Caribbean shipping routes
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes are major maritime trade corridors linking ports across East and Southeast Asia with destinations in the Caribbean basin for the transport of containerized and bulk cargo.
C. Mediterranean trade routes
Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
D. Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
E. Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Atlantic trade routes
Target entity description: Atlantic trade routes are major maritime shipping corridors across the Atlantic Ocean that connect ports in North America, Europe, Africa, and beyond for international trade and transport.

A. South Atlantic trade routes
South Atlantic trade routes are key maritime corridors connecting South America, Africa, and Europe, vital for the movement of commercial shipping, resources, and naval operations across the South Atlantic Ocean.
B. Asia–Caribbean shipping routes
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes are major maritime trade corridors linking ports across East and Southeast Asia with destinations in the Caribbean basin for the transport of containerized and bulk cargo.
C. Mediterranean trade routes
Mediterranean trade routes were a network of maritime and coastal pathways that connected Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, facilitating extensive commercial, cultural, and disease transmission across the Mediterranean Sea.
D. Indian Ocean trade network
The Indian Ocean trade network was a vast, centuries-long maritime system connecting East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas driven by monsoon winds.
E. Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
The Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route is a major global maritime corridor linking Europe, Asia, and East Africa via the Suez Canal and adjacent seas, carrying a significant share of the world’s container and energy trade.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime trade route network ⓘ shipping corridor system ⓘ
connects	Africa ⓘ Arctic Ocean approaches ⓘ Caribbean region ⓘ linked to: Caribbean Europe ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ports ⓘ linked to: Mediterranean Sea coast North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Abidjan ⓘ Algeciras ⓘ Antwerp ⓘ Baltimore ⓘ Bergen ⓘ Bremen ⓘ Buenos Aires ⓘ Cape Town ⓘ Casablanca ⓘ Charleston ⓘ Dakar ⓘ Hamburg ⓘ Havana ⓘ linked to: Havana, Cuba Houston ⓘ Kingston ⓘ Lagos ⓘ Las Palmas ⓘ linked to: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Le Havre ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England Miami ⓘ Montreal ⓘ New York City ⓘ Norfolk ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Port of Boston ⓘ Port of Freetown ⓘ Port of Halifax ⓘ Port of Luanda ⓘ Port of Montevideo ⓘ Port of New Orleans ⓘ Port of Recife ⓘ linked to: Porto do Recife Port of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Port of Vigo ⓘ Reykjavík ⓘ linked to: Reykjavík, Iceland Rotterdam ⓘ Santos ⓘ Savannah ⓘ Tangier Med ⓘ Tema ⓘ Tenerife ⓘ Valencia ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Age of Discovery ⓘ linked to: Age of Exploration European colonial expansion ⓘ linked to: European colonial empires transatlantic slave trade ⓘ linked to: Atlantic slave trade triangular trade ⓘ
includesCorridor	Brazil–West Africa route ⓘ linked to: South Atlantic trade routes North Atlantic route between North America and Western Europe ⓘ South Atlantic route between Europe and South America ⓘ US East Coast–Caribbean route ⓘ West Africa–Europe route ⓘ linked to: Europe–Africa transport network
linkedTo	Arctic shipping routes ⓘ Mediterranean Sea routes ⓘ Panama Canal ⓘ Suez Canal ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
regulatedBy	International Maritime Organization ⓘ
subjectTo	North Atlantic weather systems ⓘ hurricane risk ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ
supports	energy transport ⓘ food commodity trade ⓘ global supply chains ⓘ international trade ⓘ manufactured goods trade ⓘ
usedFor	automobile transport ⓘ bulk cargo transport ⓘ container shipping ⓘ oil and gas transport ⓘ passenger shipping ⓘ

How these facts were elicited