It is connected to part of the Atlantic Ocean through the Florida Straits between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea (with which it forms the American Mediterranean Sea) via the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba. With the narrow connection to the Atlantic, the Gulf experiences very small tidal ranges.
He was about 18 years old when he first published his book of poems. Edgar Allan Poe's first book was called Tamerlane and Other Poems and was published in Boston, Massacuâ¦setts in June or July 1827.
First detective story is published. Edgar Allen Poeâs story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, first appears in Grahamâs Ladyâs and Gentlemanâs Magazine. The tale is generally considered to be the first detective story. The story describes the extraordinary âanalytical powerâ used by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in Paris. Like the later Sherlock Holmes stories, the tale is narrated by the detectiveâs roommate.