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The Caravel: The Little Ship That Made Global Empire Possible
Before the galleon, before the manila line, there was the caravel — a small, lateen-rigged vessel that let Europeans sail into the wind for the first time. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the caravel's evolution from a humble Portuguese fishing boat to the workhorse of the Age of Discovery. They follow Prince Henry the Navigator's shipwrights as they adapt the lateen sail from Arab dhows, the square rig for Atlantic trade winds, and the caravel's role in Bartolomeu Dias rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. They examine how this nimble ship made Columbus's 1492…
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