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The West Indies fleet was the first permanent transatlantic trade route in history. Similarly, the related Manila galleon trade was the first permanent trade route across the Pacific. The Spanish West and East Indies fleets are considered among the most successful naval operations in history [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and, from a commercial point of view ...
In 2008, a replica of La Pinta, although 15 feet (4.5 m) longer and 8 feet (2.4 m) wider than the original, was launched by the Christopher Columbus Foundation. [7] This ship weighs [draws?] about 100 tons and often sails alongside an authentic replica of La Niña, which was launched in 1991. Replica of La Pinta commissioned by the Columbus ...
Niña, like Pinta and Santa María, was a smaller trade ship built to sail the Mediterranean sea, not the open ocean. It was greatly surpassed in size by ships like Peter von Danzig of the Hanseatic League , built in 1462, 51 m (167 ft) in length, and the English carrack Grace Dieu , built during the period 1420–1439, weighing between 1,400 ...
The caravel is a poorly understood type of vessel. Though there are now some archaeologically investigated wrecks that are most likely caravels, information on this type is limited. We have a better understanding of the ships of the Greeks and Romans of classical antiquity than we do of the caravel. [1]: 2 [2]: 636
One important reason was the need for alternatives to the expensive eastern trade routes that followed the Silk Road. Those routes were dominated first by the republics of Venice and Genoa, and then by the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, which barred European access. For decades the ports in the Spanish Netherlands ...
Trae Young and LaMelo Ball are the biggest surprise omissions from the All-Star lists. But are they? Young’s raw numbers stand out: 22.5 points, 11.4 assists—almost identical to Magic Johnson ...
Approximate routes of the Portuguese ships under Henry's command. During Prince Henry's time and after, the Portuguese navigators discovered and perfected the North Atlantic volta do mar (the "turn of the sea" or "return from the sea"): the dependable pattern of trade winds blowing largely from the east near the equator and the returning ...
The Wharf of the Caravels (Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.