The ships that sailed the ocean blue

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 12, 1992| Author: David L. Chandler, Globe Staff | Copyright information

About a thousand years ago, hardy Viking sailors began to venture across the Atlantic, making daring and dangerous passages from island to island in narrow open boats that had little room for provisions. They had to seek out the shortest possible hops along the way, and many, no doubt, never returned.

Then, about 500 years ago, came the caravel, a marvel of nautical architecture, a ship that was more maneuverable, sturdier, drier and roomier than anything that had gone before. It w...

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