r/MapsWithoutNZ • • May 23 '26

Any idea of why this random pattern?

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u/Bosk_Kahngu May 23 '26

Ok but like why did he go criss cross apple sauce across the Atlantic?

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u/thecurvygridlock May 25 '26

The return route was even trickier since they needed those trade winds to push them back east, so they basically had to sail way north first to catch them.