how is this name of the winds derived?
The term originally derives from the early fourteenth century sense of trade (in late Middle English) still often meaning "path" or "track".
Trade winds
The term originally derives from the early fourteenth century sense of trade (in late Middle English) still often meaning "path" or "track".
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Trade winds [SEP] History
The term originally derives from the early fourteenth century sense of trade (in late Middle English) still often meaning "path" or "track". The Portuguese recognized the importance of the trade winds (then the "Volta do mar", meaning in Portuguese "turn of the sea" but also "return from the sea") in navigation in both the north and south Atlantic ocean as early as the 15th century. From West Africa, the Portuguese had to sail away from continental Africa, that is, to west and northwest. They could then turn northeast, to the area around the Azores islands, and finally east to mainland Europe.