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The "discovery" of the Monsoon System
In the 1st century BCE, Hippalus, a Greek navigator, "identified how the Southwest Monsoon operated". This allowed ships leaving the Red Sea and entering the Gulf "to sail directly to India" (Alpers 2014 p. 28)
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Science and technology: NavigationEnvironment: SeaHuman interaction and encountering: TradeTime periods: Ancient History
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