THE
PREVAILING WINDS AND CURRENTS
OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS AND
THE SEA ROUTES NAVIGATORS
WOULD HAVE USED
The
Atlantic Ocean could not have been home to Atlantis 11,500 years
ago, but it could have been a sea-way, a virtual conveyor belt
to the “lost continent.” It is far easier to sail
across the Atlantic from Iberia to the Americas under steady
winds and a favouring current than it is to sail even half that
distance in the Mediterranean where currents are tricky and
winds can blow hard from any direction and then dissipate into
a sailors’ nightmare – a complete calm.
From
Atlantis in America – Navigators of the Ancient World
by Ivar Zapp and George Ericson
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