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Navigating the Horse Latitudes

June 25, 2009

By Shah Gilani

Email – #37 **Navigating the Horse Latitudes Dear Reader, Legend has it that when Spanish Armada ships transporting horses to the West Indies got stuck in the windless subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees south and north of the equator, in order to lighten their ships as well as save drinking water, they would throw their [...]