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Caravels, I should imagine. I know the Nina and the Pinta (sp?) were both caravels, but the Santa Maria was a larger class of ship. Caravels were great for exploration, as they had a shallow draft, allowing them to sail in much shallower water(could even sail up some deep rivers) and as such, I should imagine that they would be what any explorer would use.
The flagship Santa Maria had the nickname La Gallega. It was a nao, which simply means "ship" in old Spanish; today, we might call such a ship a carrack. She was fat and slow, designed for hauling cargo, not for exploration. Some sources say that the Santa Maria was about 100 tons. I saw the copy of the ship that used to be moored at the Barcelona harbour, and it is pretty scary to think that she was the biggest of the three ships that sailed to the unknown in 1492.
It would be accurate and correct to say that he used the caravel -which he did, as two out of three of his ships were caravels, which were a newly developed lighter, faster ship.
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it is the trade winds that brought Columbus ships to the Caribbean
Did Christopher Columbus's ships use rudders?
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Did Christopher Columbus use the Americas for government property?
No
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Which winds would Christopher Columbus use to return to Europe?
it is the trade winds that brought Columbus ships to the Caribbean
Did Christopher Columbus's ships use rudders?
Sailing ships must have rudders. Columbus's ships were no exception. There is a nice picture of a nao at the link. The Santa Maria, The flagship for his voyage when he discovered the new world, was this type ship. The Niña and Pinta were caravels. They also had rudders.
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One was an "offical" and the other personal. He gave the offical one to the crown and kept the other for his use.
What 3 ships did Columbus use?
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Did christopher Columbus use the scientific method?
no
What did Christopher Columbus use to travel?
boats
What types of ships did they use in the early 1600s?
small boats that were 55-90 feet long. These boats were used when Explorers like Christopher Columbus, were looking for Asia.
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Did Christopher Columbus use the Americas for government property?
No
