Andrew on Nostr: I've always wondered why the ships in the Spanish voyages to North America ended up ...
I've always wondered why the ships in the Spanish voyages to North
America ended up in the Caribbean, when the center of Spain is roughly
the same latitude as what is now NYC.
When I saw the direction of these ocean currents, it made a lot more sense!
#history #oceanography
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