A well detailed fully rigged wooden shipmodel, inscribed Caracca Atlantica (1519). 68 x 85 cm. Together with a three masted detailed wooden shipmodel, inscribed Pinta (1492). 49 x 57 cm. Known as a carrack or nao, Portuguese merchant ships like the Caracca Atlantica were vitally important to the age of exploration. When Magellan sailed around the world, his entire fleet consisted of naos. (2)
A well detailed fully rigged wooden shipmodel, inscribed Caracca Atlantica (1519). 68 x 85 cm. Together with a three masted detailed wooden shipmodel, inscribed Pinta (1492). 49 x 57 cm. Known as a carrack or nao, Portuguese merchant ships like the Caracca Atlantica were vitally important to the age of exploration. When Magellan sailed around the world, his entire fleet consisted of naos. (2)
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