The Onedin Line played "Charlotte Onedin" in "Month of the Albatross", "A Clear Conscience" and "Undercurrent". There are six novels based on the series. The first five are all by the series creator, Cyril Abraham: The books are not straightforward novelisations of the television episodes, since the author introduced additional material and also changed a number of details, though dialogue from the series that Abraham had penned himself is utilised. In print, Elizabeth's child is conceived in a private room above a restaurant, not on the "Charlotte Rhodes"; George Callon lasted considerably longer and died in bed after suffering a stroke, not in
Trade winds Trade winds The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of surface winds from the east toward the west (easterly) found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth's atmosphere, in the lower part of the troposphere near the Earth's equator. The trade winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere, strengthening during the winter and when the Arctic oscillation is in its warm phase. Trade winds have been used by captains of sailing ships to cross the world's oceans for centuries, and enabled colonial expansion into the Americas