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What type of materials are ships made of?
Wood. And various other materials.
What was the difference between caravels and earlier ships?
the caravel has triangular sails as well as square sails. Square sails carried the ship forward when the wind was at its back. Triangular sails allowed the caravel to sail into the wind. the caravel was better than other euoopean ships of the time at this type of sailing
What type of ship did Magellan sail on?
Of the five ships in Magellans fleet, four were Carracks and one was a Caravel. The carracks were Victoria, San Antonio, Santiago and Concepcion. The flagship Trinidad was a caravel.
What type of Portuguese ship made it easier for Europeans to begin exploring?
the caravel
Are ships made from oak trees?
Itdepends on what type of ship it is the relly old ones were made of wood but the new ones today are mainly made out of metal materials
What is a caravel?
A caravel is a modern day ship that was used in the early ages of explorationThis is the type of ships that Christopher Columbus used to sail to the Americas;; The Nina, Pinta and the Santa MariaIt is a small light sailing vessel used by Spain and Portugal.
What type of ship was The Matthew and Pinto?
it was a caravel-type vessel
Is there a type of ship that isn't called a caravel?
yes
What type of wood were the Viking ships made of?
dont no
Is caravels a pronoun?
No, caravels is a noun, a common, plural noun. The singular form is caravel. The appropriate pronoun to use for a caravel (a type of ship) is it.
What type of sailing vessel did Columbus use on his initial voyage to the Western Hemisphere?
Christopher Columbus used the type of sailing vessel called a caravel. Caravels were a common sailing ship built in the 15th and 16th centuries. They were small ships with a broad bow, a high narrow poop deck, and usually had three masts.
How fast was the Nina?
The Nina was one of Christopher Columbus' three ships. Because the Nina was a type of ship called a caravel, its average speed was about 4.5 miles per hour. and its top speed was 8 miles per hour.
