Articles related to "Carrack"

From the start of the fifteenth century, Europeans powers began to expand across the globe in their quest for a sea route to the riches of the east.

Nowadays, we would refer to Tudor ships as carracks, but in the late 1400's to early 1500's a number of terms were used to describe contemporary ships.

The Caravel was the Transportation technology that enabled Columbus to discover the New World.

Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships on September 20, 1519.

Thanks to the songwriting skills of their two front men Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, Squeeze soon moved beyond the constraints of Punk Rock.

The Spanish Armada which sailed against England in 1588 was designed by King Philip II to wreak revenge on its Queen, Elizabeth I and remove her from her throne.

A brief history of the compass and the compass rose

On the second Monday in October, educators across the continent tell children a story about the discovery of the Americas.