. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . , mm - 16. Seventeenth Century.—Long Barque. each of her benches rose a swivel on a point. This, it will be perceived,was a formidable armament. The galeass had three masts and lateensails. The Venetians made great use of this vessel. Their famousBucentaur belonged to this class. At the end of the fifteenth century,when Christopher Columbus armed his vessels at Palos, he formed his lit-tle flotilla exclusively of caravels. Now, this name of caravel, which in

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