The 1400s ushered in the classic Age of Discovery. In the span of just a few decades, Europeans rounded Africa, crossed the Atlantic to find a New World, and circumnavigated the globe. And a major reason for this was a small ship - the caravel - which will be the backbone of ocean-going exploration for a century. This is the story of that innovative vessel.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravel
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravela_de_armada_of_Joao_Serrao.jpg
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