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Portuguese nau from the XVI
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Portuguese nau from the XVI. Portuguese Nau from the XV – Scale 1/30. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the nau was an armed ship for trade. She had three masts with large round sails in the main and in the fore masts and a latin sail in the mizzen. She had huge castles in the stern and the bow. Depending on their dimensions, naus could carry between 100 to 1200 tons and were widely used in the trade between Portugal and the East. Century, ancient iconography and recent archaeological investigations. Nos s...
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Portuguese caravel from the XV
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Portuguese caravel from the XV. Portuguese Caravel from the XV - Scale 1/30. The caravela is the most famous of the sea going Portuguese ships. She sailed from the end of the 15th century until the mid-17th century. She was fast and strongly built. Caravels had latin sails in two or three masts, between 20 and 30 metres long and 50 to 80 tons burden. Birch wood construction on a maritime plywood structure, wooden masts and yards rigging in linen, sails in canvas, artillery in metal. O modelo de caravela ...
