Note 193 — Chapter V · 1493-1506.
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“Nauiga’mo per el maestrale, che cosi sicorreua la costa sempre a uista di terra.”
In Italy the different points of the compass were designated by the winds: North, tramontana; northeast, greco; east, levante; southeast, sirocco; south, ostro; southwest, libeccio; west, ponente; northwest, maestro or maestrale.