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Synonyms carack
Type of galleon

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The carrack was another type of ship invented in the Mediterranean in the 15th century.
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By the end of the 16th century the carrack had been further developed into the galleon.
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Carrack and Fletcher in the middle looked awfully lightweight.
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The galleon was an ocean going ship type which evolved from the carrack in the second half of 16th century.
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Towards the end of the 14th century, ships like the carrack began to develop towers on the bow and stern.
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The carrack and then the caravel were developed in Iberia.
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When the carrack and then the caravel were developed in Iberia that European thoughts returned to the fabled East.
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When the carrack and then the caravel were developed by Portuguese that European thoughts returned to the fabled East.
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The carrack and caravel both incorporated the Mediterranean lateen sail that made ships far more manoeuvrable.
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More examples
  • A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
  • A carrack or nau was a three- or four-masted sailing ship developed in 15th century Western Europe for use in the Atlantic Ocean. It had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle and forecastle and bowsprit at the stem. ...
  • (The Carracks) The Carracks and Little Carracks are a group of small rocky inshore islands off the Atlantic north coast of west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
  • A large medieval ship, commonly more than 500 tons, used both for war and for transport.
  • (n): merchant ship. FS (3-Errors, Oth, TNK); (anon.) Woodstock.
  • Light, fast ships that had three or four masts and a high-rounded stern.
  • Large square rigged sailing vessel of Genoese origin, clinker built.