Who built the light and fast ship Caravel?

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  2. Greeks
  3. Dutch
  4. Japanese

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The correct answer is Portuguese.

Key Points

  • The Caravel was a light and fast sailing ship that was popularised by the Spanish and Portuguese for extended journeys.
  • The Caravel  was ostensibly created by the Portuguese for the purpose of discovering Africa's coast.
  • The Caravel has ability to sail windward.
  • It might move very quickly as well.
  • The Nina and the Pinta, two of the three ships that Christopher Columbus travelled aboard during his famous expedition in 1492, were caravels.

Additional Information

  • Japanese Expedition Ship
    • Kainan Maru was such first non- European expedition ship used for Antarctic Voyages.
    • It has been mostly forgotten in polar history, occurring at the same time as two significant Antarctic expeditions, one each headed by Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott.
  • Greeks Ships
    • The bireme was a leading war ships for Greeks. 
    • A trireme was another ancient Greek Ships.
  • Dutch Ships
    • The Dutch began manufacturing the "cog," a particular kind of ship, in the twelfth and thirteenth century.
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