Volta do mar, volta do mar largo, or volta do largo (the phrase in Portuguese means literally 'turn of the sea' but also 'return from the sea') is a navigational...

expansion. The volta do mar led to the discovery of uninhabited Madeira in 1419 which soon developed a trade in wine and sugar. A longer volta do mar led to the...

named in honour of Alessandro Volta Voltaic (disambiguation) Voltaic pile, the first electrical battery Volta do mar, a navigational technique perfected...

stretching from California to Louisiana with the Chicago-based band Volta Do Mar. On this tour the band honed the songs for their debut album, which was...

coast as it swung westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain...

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")...

the Portuguese navigators discovered and perfected the North Atlantic volta do mar (the "turn of the sea" or "return from the sea"): the dependable pattern...

Sahelian kingdoms 1351–1354 Ibn Battuta Great permanent wind wheel of Volta do Mar, the North Atlantic Gyre. Recognition of the Sargasso Sea, Madeira, Azores...

referred to as following the volta do mar (literally, 'turn of the sea', i.e. the South Atlantic gyre). The volta do mar was usually contrasted to the...

coast as it swung westward in the Atlantic while performing a large "volta do mar" to avoid becalming in the Gulf of Guinea. On 21 April 1500, a mountain...

have been exploited first by the Portuguese, who referred to it as the volta do mar ('turn of the sea'). Columbus's knowledge of the Atlantic wind patterns...

paying fees for crossing the canal if it is economically advantageous to do so. The journey can take up to two weeks longer for modern ships than a direct...

west of Africa and had been sent off-course by a storm while making the volta do mar westward swing return voyage. The island's name Porto Santo (en: "Holy...

growing conditions for sugar and the navigational technique known as the Volta do mar. Christopher Columbus lived and studied navigation in Madeira after his...

have been exploited first by the Portuguese, who referred to it as the volta do mar ('turn of the sea'). Through his marriage to his first wife, Felipa Perestrello...

Philippines to the Pacific Coast of Mexico in 1565, using the Pacific's volta do mar. The Manila-Acapulco Galleons were Spanish trading ships that made round-trip...

North Atlantic counterpart, the Gulf Stream. Ocean current Ocean gyre Volta do mar Oceans portal Guhin, S.; Ray, P.; Mariano, A. J.; Ryan, E. H. (2003)...

returning by a route far away from the coast, dubbed by the Portuguese as Volta do Mar. This breakthrough was achieved through the use of a suitable vessel...

similar garbage patch in the north Pacific. Ocean current Oceanic gyre Volta do mar Lavender Law, Kara; S. Moret-Fergusen; N. Maximenko; et al. (2010). "Plastic...

impossible. In this context, the Portuguese discovered the two large volta do mar (meaning literally turn of the sea but also return from the sea) currents...

to venture farther from shore, a manoeuvre that became known as the "volta do mar" (return of the sea). In 1565, the application of this principle in the...

inventions and discoveries Armillary sphere Ballastella Cartaz Chip log Volta do mar "A Caravela" [The Caravel]. www.CienciaViva.pt (in Portuguese). Ciência...

navigation tool mariners use to estimate the speed of a vessel through water Volta do mar, a navigation technique that exploits trade winds to move across the...

crew was able to sail beyond Cape Bojador and return to Sagres via a volta do mar, reporting the conditions of the water, land and ease of navigation beyond...

because the wind was driving them off course. They turned around by 'Volta do mar largo', taking a wide course to the west, sailing almost as far northward...

seen from a distance on the expedition's return via a long sailing arc (volta do mar) from the Canary islands. Even if they were not discovered by the mapping...

increasingly farther from shore, the maneuver that became known as "Volta do mar". In 1565, application of this principle in the Pacific Ocean led to...

current – Flow of water induced by astronomical gravitational effects Volta do mar – Archaic navigational technique "What is a current?". NOAA's National...

com/urdaneta-launch/ Exploration of the Pacific Manila galleon North Pacific Gyre Volta do mar Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrés de Urdaneta. Uncilla (1907)...

return route from regions south of the Canaries became the 'volta do largo' or 'volta do mar'. The 'rediscovery' of the Azores islands in 1427 is merely...