[quote=coastrat]interesting side note: he was convinced he found the garden of eden on the coast of venezuela, most be some sweet spot! mayby his greatest contribution was utilizing the trade winds. while working for the portuguese on the west coast of africa, he noticed that during summer, the winds were steady to the west. this was before the discovery of finding longitude, making it easy to navigate westward...spinnaker run to the new world! same way with the return trip, head up east coast to carolina or so then catch easterly winds back to old world.[/quote]
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