 horse latitudes ' are the belts of calms and light airs which border the polar edge of the north-east trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound from New England to the West Indies with a deck load of horses, were often...  Sea Terms and Phrases in English and French ... - 139 페이지저자: Eugène Pornain - 1881 - 159 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1856 - 588 페이지
...WORLD BELT OF CLOUDS. 93 Seamen have mapped off the ocean into regions, as if by common consent — as the Trade Wind regions, the variable, the horse latitudes, the doldrums. The horse latitudes acquired this name in a dismal manner. Vessels bound from New England to the West Indies with a deck... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1858 - 474 페이지
...winds, viz., the ' trade-wind regions,' the ' variables,' the ' horse latitudes,' the 'doldrums,' &c. " The ' horse latitudes' are the belts of calms and light airs which border the polar edge of the northeast trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound... | |
 | Frederick Alcock - 1903 - 622 페이지
...there are the ' trade wind ' regions, the ' variables, ' the 'horse latitudes,' the 'doldrums,' etc. The 'horse latitudes ' are the belts of calms and light airs which border the polar edge of the north-east trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound... | |
 | Frederick Alcock - 1907 - 644 페이지
...eg, there are the 'trade wind' regions, the 'variables,' the 'horse latitudes,' the 'doldrums,' etc. The 'horse latitudes' are the belts of calms and light airs which border the polar edge of the north-east trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound... | |
 | 1922 - 420 페이지
...other hand, Maury (Physical Geography of the Sea, 1866, p. 276) places the fatal region farther west. The horse latitudes are the belts of calms and light airs which border the polar edge of the north-east trades. They were so called from the circumstance that vessels formerly bound... | |
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