tradewinds
Sailors' reliable currents
Trade winds are the steady winds that blow toward the equator from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
They're called trade winds because sailing ships relied on them for commercial voyages.
The term now appears figuratively for any reliable, favorable conditions: The trade winds of economic growth have shifted.
Winds from the east
- Coriolis effectApparent deflection on rotating bodies
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- horse latitudesSubtropical zones of calm
- westerliesWinds from the sunset
convergence · pressure · latitude · equator · monsoon · weather patterns · oceanography · gyres
Tropical Atlantic region
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
atoll · lagoon · palm · coconut · reef · coral · tropics · equatorial
Journey by sea
- passageSegment of text
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- square-riggerShip with horizontal-yard sails
mainsail · spinnaker · jib · tacking · reaching · downwind · sloop · catamaran
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
- dead reckoningPosition-tracking via estimated motion
- bearingPosture or orientation
course · waypoint · logbook · pilotage · mariner · sea lane · celestial navigation · lighthouse
Exchange of goods, services
- merchantOne who sells wares
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- rumMolasses-based liquor
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
galleon · East India · cargo · commodities · export · import · maritime · sea route
easterlies
Winds from the east
- Coriolis effectApparent deflection on rotating bodies
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- horse latitudesSubtropical zones of calm
westerlies · convergence · pressure · latitude · equator · monsoon · weather patterns · oceanography · gyres · ocean currents
Caribbean
Tropical Atlantic region
archipelago · atoll · lagoon · palm · coconut · reef · coral · tropics · equatorial · paradise
voyage
Journey by sea
square-rigger · mainsail · spinnaker · jib · tacking · reaching · downwind · sloop · catamaran · schooner
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- astrolabeAncient altitude-measuring instrument
- dead reckoningPosition-tracking via estimated motion
bearing · course · waypoint · logbook · pilotage · mariner · sea lane · celestial navigation · lighthouse · buoy
commerce
Exchange of goods, services
plantation · galleon · East India · cargo · commodities · export · import · maritime · sea route · shipping
- tropical drinkspina colada, mojito, mai tai, daiquiri, rum punch
- tropicsequator, tropical climate, coconut tree, tropical, tropical zone
- HawaiiHawaii, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Maui, Waikiki Beach
tradewindsmonsoons
Seasonal wind-driven rains
shifting winds · gusty winds · doldrums · horse latitudes · squalls
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