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Subject: Inventions

Author:
Heitor

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Date Posted: 07:35:25 05/13/09 Wed

Caravel

The caravel was a ship used and invented by the Portuguese.It was developed in the late 1400's, and was used for the next 300 years. The Portuguese developed this ship to help them explore the African coast.
It was better than the other ships of the age, because it could sail very fast and also sail well into the wind.
Caravels were broad-beamed ships that had 2 or 3 masts with square sails and a triangular sail. They were up to about 65 feet long and could carry roughly 130 tons of cargo.
The name was derived from the oak, the wood used to build the vessels.
The need for more crew, weapons, space for goods did the caravel be replaced by more powerful vessels.

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