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

Trade Winds

Sea Terms

A name applied to the currents of air within the tropics which blow from the northeastward in the northern hemisphere, and from the southeastward in the southern hemisphere. (See Charts.)

Wind chart of the Pacific Ocean
Wind chart of the Pacific Ocean
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