How Matthew Fontaine Maury’s charts of trade winds and currents helped to cut the time of voyages around the world from 1850s. humansofdata.atlan.com/2019/08/how-ma… https://t.co/oE8dMFNcDs

“To China, the Arctic is nothing exceptional, just another chess piece they play in the longterm game from Africa to the Arctic” Mike Sfraga cited

RT @said_mitch: @adam_tooze @alaynatreene Some more backstory here theintercept.com/2020/09/24/cha…