This was a major step in the history of navigation, when an understanding of winds in the age of sail was crucial to success: the European sea empires would never have been established had the Europeans not figured out how the trade winds worked.
Ini merupakan langkah besar dalam sejarah navigasi, saat pemahaman angin pada Abad Pelayaran meraih kesuksesan: kekaisaran-kekaisaran laut Eropa tak akan pernah didirikan oleh bangsa Eropa tanpa tau bagaimana angin dagang bekerja.