European Ships of Discovery

European Ships of Discovery

The ships and boats of the 15th and early 16th century European voyages were the space shuttles of their time, and yet we don’t know much about them because most have been destroyed by looters and treasure hunters. This paper will focus on a particular type, the caravel, and presents an overview of the early European watercraft that crossed the Atlantic and sailed along the American coasts during the first decades of the 16th century.

Filipe Castro

The Museum of Underwater Archaeology

11/24/2017

Filipe Castro