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the tiny ship that taught Europe the ocean was a road, not a wall
means A small, light, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed by the Portuguese and Spanish, typically with two or three masts and lateen (triangular) sails, prized for exploring coastlines and open ocean.
from From Portuguese 'caravela,' a diminutive that traces back through Latin 'carabus' — a small wickerwork boat covered in hide — which itself likely came from Greek 'karabos,' a word that meant a crab or a beetle, and later a light ship. So the name of the vessel that opened the oceans may have started as a word for something that scuttled.
- sail trick
- Triangular sails let it tack against the wind
- columbus ride
- Nina and Pinta were both caravels
- compact size
- Often under 80 feet, crewed by twenty
- portuguese root
- Perfected by Henry the Navigator's explorers
- shallow draft
- Could nose into coastlines bigger ships feared
for instance
pinta — the fastest caravel in columbus's 1492 fleet, first to sight land