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1440 CE: Development of the caravel sailing vessel in Portugal.
1488 CE: The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias uses caravel ships to make the first recorded sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
1492 CE: The caravels Niña and Pinta are part of the fleet of Christopher Columbus which reaches the Americas.
1497 CE - 1498 CE: The caravel Matthew of John Cabot explores the eastern coast of Canada.