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title: Portuguese Caravel with Lateen Sails
author: PHGCOM
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14259/portuguese-caravel-with-lateen-sails/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Portuguese Caravel with Lateen Sails
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14259.png)
## Image Caption
A model of a 15th-century Portuguese [caravel](https://www.worldhistory.org/Caravel/) with lateen sails. The caravel was an important element of Portugal's ambitions to build an [empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/). (National Maritime Museum, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/))
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portuguese_Caravel.jpg) by [**PHGCOM**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portuguese_Caravel.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 15 June 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.