Acts 27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart there also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lies toward the south west and north west. Nave's Topical Index
Acts 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. Nave's Topical Index
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt ... is of rare occurrence in winter, and rain ... Babylon reached the countries lying around the Mediterranean. ... of a linen manufacture, and possessed large shipping. ... /.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm