Atlantic Trade Winds and Currents

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Title:	A new and accurate map of America: drawn from the most approved modern maps and charts'by Emanuel Bowen (d. 1767)
Type:	map
Description:	This version of Bowen map, published between 1744 and 1748, illustrates the direction of trade winds in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Source: National Library of Australia: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm122
Digital Versions:	MrSID

Title:	A view of ye general and coasting trade winds'by Herman Moll (d.1732).
Type:	map
Description:	This version of Moll's map, published in 1745, illustrates the direction of trade winds in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Source: National Library of Australia: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk10146
Digital Versions:	MrSID

Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au
Prepared by: Paul Turnbull
Updated: 28 June 2004
To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-gallery-P000048