These winds made it easy for Spanish and Portuguese mariners to sail from the Iberian Peninsula to the Canary Islands.
A. The Northeast Trades
B. The Polar Easterlies
C. The Horse Latitudes
D. The prevailing Westerlies
Answer: A
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