A chart of winds and currents 'from The Compleat Geographer: or, The Chorography and Topography of all Known Parts of the Earth', by Herman Moll, London, 1709

Source: ebay, Aug. 2008

 
Bellin's mid-1750's map of the seasonal winds that governed the choice of sea routes

Source: ebay, Sept. 2005

On this monsoon map by Rigobert Bonne, 1774, the proper months for travel in each direction are clearly marked

Source: ebay, Jan. 2007

A modern regional version of Bellin's map

Source: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/dhow_76.jpg
(downloaded Sept. 2005)

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