Sentences with phrase «ships sailed this route»
In 1874 the SS Victoria steam ship began regular sailings from Taupo to Tokaanu and a succession of other ships sailed this route until the 1920's.
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Ships had been sailing this route from at least 3000 BC.
Founded in 1882, Matson began with a single sailing ship carrying cargo between San Francisco and Hawaii, a route that continues to constitute Matson's core business today.
Before Chichester set out on his own around - the - world voyage in Gipsy Moth IV he read everything he could find in the way of first - person accounts of sailing the old clipper - ship route from Britain to Australia, and he has assembled the extracts in a stage - by - stage narrative with his own comments holding it together.
The Norwegian Cruise Line ship will sail a western Caribbean itinerary instead of an eastern Caribbean route through September.
It serves around 14000 ships which sail through it annually; the same number of miles that these ships would have had to travel before the canal existed, on a route around Cape Horn.
From mid-April through September, the ship will sail a western Caribbean itinerary instead of an eastern route.
Relax on board as the ship sails through picturesque scenery, and explore the enchanting destinations along the route.
There are literally hundreds of ships sailing the ocean at any given time, but they never actually seemed to be doing anything What's more once you've got some trading routes set up that are raking in a steady stream of cash the game becomes pretty easy.
The winds are known as «trade winds» and have played an important role in the world history in terms of the ship routes for sailing vessels.
Ships no longer followed the great circle routes which minimized distance sailed.
This would be some ice - free sea route which would allow ships to sail from Europe to Asia through the Arctic north of Canada.
By the 1500s, Christopher Columbus had figured out that the combination of trade winds and westerlies enabled a round - trip route for sailing ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
More shipping is sailing through thawing Arctic waters, but while these northern routes might provide opportunities for tourism, mining and cutting down delivery times, the ships may also carry stowaways...
The Ecoliner Fair Winds has four massive «automatic» sails that are moved by, in addition to the wind, software and satellite - based weather data that together calculate the optimal route for the ship when it is underway.