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Gulf Stream

Pirate Weather: Sir William Dampier, pioneer meteorologist

This article was written by Erick Brenstrum and originally published in New Zealand Geographic, issue 76, November-December 2005.

Posted on Tue, 22/02/2011 - 21:05 Thu, 03/06/2021 - 11:41

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