It's a light craft used in the oceanic's travels in th XV and XVI century. It's famous because it was the type of boat used for Crystobal Colon in the discover of America.
Its characteristics:
It´s light, tall and long (about 30 meters tall) narrow; It has got 3 mastiles and it can surf around 8 knots. It was a speedy craft, It allows transport a los of goods, and this makes possible feed the crewfor many weeks.
Its history:
This model was based on the fisherman crafts. The caravels was falling on desuse when new crafts appeared, for example the galeons because they had more capacity load, resistance and maneuverability.
Colon's caravels:
-La niña: captained 26 man.
-La Pinta: Cristobal Quintero was the owner, and Martin Alonso Pinzón was in command
-La Santa Maria: Juan de la Costa rent this caravel with Colon . It was built in Galicia and its original name was La Gallega.
by: Patricia Dominguez
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