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What are some nautical considerations of Columbus?
Columbus was wrong about the number of degrees of longitude that separated Europe from the Far East.
What was he right about in terms of nautical considerations?
he did possess valuable knowledge about the trade winds, which would prove to be the key to his successful navigation of the Atlantic Ocean.

Question: How did some of his real life voyages go?
Self-contained rewrite: How did some of Columbus' real life voyages go?