{"id":1892,"date":"2016-11-17T19:56:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1892"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:41:14","slug":"what-are-the-trade-winds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1892","title":{"rendered":"What are the trade winds?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212185\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tradewinds.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1892\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tradewinds.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tradewinds-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tradewinds-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tradewinds-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"What are the trade winds?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Known to sailors around the world, the trade winds and associated ocean currents helped early sailing ships from European and African ports make their journeys to the Americas. Likewise, the trade winds also drive sailing vessels from the Americas toward Asia. Even now, commercial ships use &#8220;the trades&#8221; and the currents the winds produce to hasten their oceanic voyages.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/tradewinds.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/tradewinds.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Known to sailors around the world, the trade winds and associated ocean currents helped early sailing ships from European and African ports make their journeys to the Americas. Likewise, the trade winds also drive sailing vessels from the Americas toward Asia. Even now, commercial ships use &#8220;the trades&#8221; and the currents the winds produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1893,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1892","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892\/revisions\/2027"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}