The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Great Circle Sailing

Navigation

The act of sailing upon an arc of the great circle.

Tracks in the Atlantic Ocean
Tracks in the Atlantic Ocean
Wind chart from April to September, with great circle tracks in the southern hemisphere — Pacific Ocean
Wind chart from April to September, with great circle tracks in the southern hemisphere — Pacific Ocean
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