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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 303 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARAVEL, or CARVEL (from the Gr. Kapa(3os, a
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light
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ship, through the Ital. carabella and the Span. carabas)  , a name applied at different times and in different countries to
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ships of very varying
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appearance and build, as in
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Turkey to a
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ship of
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war, and in
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France to a small
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boat used in the
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herring
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fishery . In the 15th and 16th centuries, caravels were much used by the Portuguese and
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Spanish for
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long voyages . They were roundish ships, with a
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double
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tower at the stern, and a single one in the bows, and were
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galley rigged . Two out of the three vessels in which
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Columbus sailed on his voyage of
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discovery to
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America were " caravels." Carvel, the older
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English
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form, is now used only in the
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term " carvel-built," for a boat in which the planking is flush with the edges laid
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side to side, in distinction from "
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clinker-built," where the edges overlap .

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