1592954256000 1312632483000 term-96845 1616541109366 1312632597000 1616290265933 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-96845 3c58628d-5ec0-3b6d-bb5c-567abb15540e 2 1 scope note Small to medium-sized vessels, with plain head and square stern, originally developed as lateen-rigged coastal fishing vessels in Medieval Portugal, but eventually used as exploratory vessels in Iberian voyages to the New World in the late 15th and early 16th centuries; vessels of exploration were often square-rigged for more efficient ocean-going travel. reference term-96319 adlib-term-96319 a184be3a-33b5-31f3-b630-1242f6d9c7d9 caravel V.TX.AFU.AFU.AXC.ARI.AFU.BIQ.AFU.ALO.AFU 1 code V.TX.AFU.AFU.AXC.ARI.AFU.BIQ.AFU.ALO.AFU 1 caravels reference term-96844 adlib-term-96844 35c873c7-fe6e-31f7-a5be-24bb245ad1b7 <square-sterned watercraft> caravels term