| The ship, the 'Pinta', arrived here before Columbus's caravel, the 'Niña', arrived in Lisbon. |
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| A few small boats have been recovered, notably at Lake Nemi, Italy, and the construction of these is caravel, with sawed or hewed frames. |
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| The opinions of the caravel captains differed as to the place where they were at, but the admiral came closest to the truth. |
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| The lapstrake and caravel planking, combined with the basic framework, have been retained as conventional methods of boatbuilding. |
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| The age pyramid does not so much resemble a caravel, but rather a huge oil tanker whose direction can only be altered by changing course several dozen kilometres in advance. |
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| Who does a Spanish caravel lying on the bed of the Caribbean belong to? |
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| The caravel was the result of these intensive debriefings over several decades, a vessel capable of sailing into the wind and very cheap to build. |
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| Off the island of Guanaja, a boat approached the caravel, and the natives offered an assortment of products they were carrying, in particular, unfamiliar brown seeds and a curious drink. |
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| In the heart of the peninsula of the caravel, nest its majestic ruins. |
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| Macdonald asserts that caravel was specifically built for the Atlantic crossing. |
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| Two of the vessels were as naus or newly built for the voyage, possibly a caravel and a supply boat. |
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| In 1441 a caravel returned from the West African coast with some gold dust and slaves, thus silencing the growing criticism that Henry was wasting money on a profitless enterprise. |
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| Then we sailed straight on to Lisbon, then Bayonna, in Galicia near Vigo, home of the caravel Tinta, aboard which Christopher Colombus returned from the Americas. |
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| The vessel employed in the beginning of the Discoveries was the caravel, varying from 50 to 160 tons. |
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| Encouraged by the report of the initial pacific encounter, six more canoes decided to paddle out to the caravel. |
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| Fernandes immediately turned the boat around and began racing back to the caravel, with the canoes hot on his tail. |
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| The other footnote is why Fernandes' caravel was ambushed on the river by the Jola of the Casamance, who were unfamiliar with the Portuguese. |
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| Using the caravel, systematic exploration continued ever more southerly, advancing on average one degree a year. |
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| The Spanish government decorated him in the 60s after he reconstructed Columbus' caravel, the Niña II, and duplicated the 1492 voyage from Spain to San Salvador. |
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| The preserved part of the Ria de Aveiro A is the world's oldest remainder of the naval architecture tradition, known as Iberian Atlantic. It is the closest and most contemporary example of the Discoveries' period caravel. |
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| Thus the brand-new caravel which took Cadamosto to Senegambia in 1455 was a vessel of some fifty-four tons capacity. |
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| In the maritime history of Europe, the carrack and caravel both incorporated the lateen sail that made ships far more maneuverable. |
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| In terms of shipping advances, the most important developments were the creation of the carrack and caravel designs in Portugal. |
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| When the carrack and then the caravel were developed in Iberia, European thoughts returned to the fabled East. |
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| Da Gama and his sickly brother eventually hitched a ride with a Guinea caravel returning to Portugal, but Paulo da Gama died en route. |
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| The second division, consisting of one nau and one round caravel, set sail for the port of Sofala in what is today Mozambique. |
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| With the caravel, Portuguese mariners explored the shallow waters and rivers as well as the open ocean with wide autonomy. |
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| The voyages were made in very small ships, mostly the caravel, a light and maneuverable vessel. |
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| Being smaller and having a shallow keel, the caravel could sail upriver in shallow coastal waters. |
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| Due to its lighter weight and thus greater speed, the caravel was a boon to sailors. |
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| It was not as nimble as the caravel, but could be mounted with much more cannon, thus packing a bigger punch. |
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| Although an armed carrack carried more firepower than a caravel, it was much less swift and less manoeuvrable, especially when loaded with cargo. |
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| The ship that truly launched the first phase of the discoveries along the African coast was the Portuguese caravel. |
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| This made the caravel largely independent of the prevailing winds. |
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| A second caravel, considered the fastest ship in the fleet and captained by Nicolau Coelho, was sent ahead to give the King advance notice of the voyage's success. |
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| The ship that truly launched the first phase of the Portuguese discoveries along the African coast was the caravel, a development based on existing fishing boats. |
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| The first exploratory boat made a landing on the bank near some local huts, where they quickly captured a local woman and brought her back to the caravel. |
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| The caravel particularly benefited from a greater capacity to tack. |
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