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3 unusual facts about Winds in the Age of Sail


Winds in the Age of Sail

The Treaty of Alcáçovas gave the whole area to the Portuguese except for the Canaries.

Jean de Béthencourt conquered two of them in 1405 but the larger islands were not fully subdued until about 1495.

In 1595 Jan Huyghen van Linschoten published previously-secret Portuguese sailing directions for the Indian Ocean.



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