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.
Poe is considered the father of modern detective fiction because he is credited with writing the first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. He created the fir â¦ st recurring detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, who appeared in that story and in The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter as well.