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Magellan aided by El Niño
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/06/22 - 18:38.
1501 CE to 1600 CE | General Science | Nautical | Portuguese
Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick of North Carolina State University has an intense interest in the historic climate. A recent paper by the professor and University of Calgary researcher Dr. Richard Callaghan, hopes to prove that Magellan's 1519 circumnavigation of the globe was aided by weather favorable weather condition including El Niño.
Callaghan used "computer modeling and historical data to determine the role oceanographic conditions may have played in Magellan's smooth voyage after rounding the notorious Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America and in his decision to sail far north of the Spice Islands -- which Magellan knew lay along the equator." |
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