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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
How many ships did Hernando Cortes have?
Hernando De Soto sailed on large sailing ships from France. He travelled in one across the Atlantic Ocean to America.
What were ships like in 1558?
It was all sailing ships back then. For ocean travel, the most common types were the Carrack - mostly a cargo ship - and its successor, the Galleon, that could also be fitted out as a war ship. For shorter distance travel the Caravel long remained popular.
Do caravel ships have oars?
No.
What was Balboas ships called?
caravel
How do you use caravel in a sentence?
The stamp depicts two caravel ships approaching land
Did Marco polo use a caravel?
Caravel sailing ships were developed in the 15th century, which is from the years 1401-1500. Marco Polo lived from 1254-1324. So, he did not use Caravel ships.
Small Portuguese ships were known as?
Caravel
Meaning of caravel?
A caravel is one of the ships Columbus sailed in that has 2-4 masts and lateen sails.
Why was the caravel an improvement over ships of the past?
light caravel had triangular sails to better control the wind
What kind of ships did columbus have?
He had the caravel which has 3 sails.
What is the navigation of Prince Henry the navigator's ships?
caravel
