Vitor,
Rodrigo and Gustavo
A
caravel is a small boat used in 15 century. The caravel were fast nad
easy to manover , but it cold not support many supplies. The bottom was protruded bellow the surface of the water
by a small distance making it easy to manower.
The caravel hat "lateen " sails (
triangles shaped ) that allowed a zigzagging tecnic. Plus the square sails (
more powerful when sailing against the wind)and other small changes, they
became more used by explorers.
A carevel was small so there was not many rooms for people's. So
there were 20 to 40 people tops.
There were technological advances in a
caravel: compass , that had a little magnetic that always pointed to north, the astrolabe
that said the diferente between the
stars nad the horizon. There were also changes in the boat: the faster speed
was 100 miles a day crew worked around clock , there pay was poor, disobedience
caused punishments,10 years old was the saile .
There carracks were difficult to navigate but
had larger square sails, while the
caravel was fast, smaller and could have triangular sails.
