Three or four caravels were nothing to the Count of Medina Eeli; but on the other hand the man was a grandee and a diplomat, with a nice sense of etiquette and of what was due to a reigning house.
Either there was nothing in this Idea, in which case his caravels would be employed to no purpose, or there was so much in it that it was an undertaking, not merely for the Count of Medina Celi, but for the Crown of Castile.
Little by little hiscaravels crept down the coast of Africa.
One night when the caravels were out at sea, not far from Cuba, on a voyage of fresh discovery, the Pinta suddenly disappeared.
Not an eye closed that night; the sails were taken in, and the whole company on board the caravels waited in breathless suspense for the dawn.
The two vessels were now run aground and tied together, and cabins were constructed at the prow and stern, which were the only parts of the caravels above water.
It was now December, and again the caravelswere overtaken by one of the terrible storms of the tropics.
The harbour the caravels entered was surrounded by great trees, most of them being covered with fruit, which gleamed red, green, and golden in the bright sunshine of the tropics.
For three days thecaravels were held in a deep calm, and all the men on board felt very anxious until the winds arose, and carried them on their way.
Columbus kept close to the shore that night, but the tempest was terrible for him too; the caravels were dispersed and every one on board expected death, or thought that the others were lost.
After tumults and disputes which lasted many weeks, Martin Pinzon and his brother came forward with a vessel of their own, and two other caravels were with the greatest difficulty procured.
After a while the caravels anchored in the mouth of a river which was really in the country of the gold mines.
Here the caravels glided down a great shining river, with waters deep and clear, and anchored not far from the sea.
If anything more were to be done by Columbus it must be begun at once, and the King and Queen granted him four caravels with which to set out on his fourth and last voyage.
As we were proceeding along the coast, an opportunity was afforded for a boat to go on shore to bury him, the boat being accompanied by two caravels to protect it.
Sunday, 14th of October "At dawn I ordered the ship's boat and the boats of the caravels to be got ready, and I went along the coast of the island and to the N.
The Admiral had noticed that the crew were downhearted when he deviated from the direct route home, reflecting that both caravels were leaking badly, and that there was no help but in God.
But those he appointed to the caravelsas captains were brothers, namely, Martin Alonso Pinzon and Vicente Anes.
The caravels anchored because they found themselves near the shore, and they thought that, owing to the signals that they were in the habit of making, I would come to anchor, but I did not wish to do so.
Fifty caravelsmight be annually loaded with it from Española.
It is said that the Portuguese with some caravels landed there about two years ago, claiming to be Spaniards and subjects of the king of Castilla, and plundered many islands, sacking them and seizing many of the natives.
Slowly but surely, two by two, three by three, nine caravels mustered at C.
Of gold after all not much was to be got, and the exploring party was not long in returning to the caravels and pushing on beyond Cape Verde.
Meantime two of the other caravels and a pinnace, which had been separated early in the voyage from the main body, under the pilotage of the veteran Diniz Diaz, had also made their way to C.
There were, in addition to the galley, the nef and the galeasse; the former of these was a sailing vessel pure and simple like those remarkable caravels in which Columbus discovered America.
What these caravels were exactly like it was the good fortune of the writer to see in the year 1893.
They accordingly communicated with the Spanish Government and inquired if by any chance they possessed the plans and specifications of the caravels of Columbus?
One Cogeal, a Moor of Repelim who had been a great traveller, and had seen many warlike devices, proposed a new invention for attacking the caravels at the ford, which was considered to be perfectly irresistible.
When they saw the other caravels bearing down upon them, they dropped their oars, and taking up their bows, sent a flight of arrows on board.
Likewise, to prevent the caravels from being overlooked by the floating castles, one Peter Raphael built certain turrets on the decks of the caravels of spars set upright, in each of which seven or eight men had room to handle their arms.
In expectation of an immediate attack, Lorenco Moreno returned to the caravels with as many of his people as could be spared from the factory.
Pacheco was accordingly left at Cochin with his own ship and two caravels commanded by Pedro Raphael and Diego Perez, and a pinnace, with ninety men in health besides others who were sick.
On the enemy retiring, Pacheco gave chase in the two boats and some paraws; and the caravelskept up a constant fire upon point Arraul, whence they forced the zamorin and the land army to retire, after having 330 of his men slain.
In the same year, Gomez Perez went with two caravels to Rio del Ouro, whence he carried eighty Moors to Lagos as prisoners.
Don Lorenzo immediately dispatched two gallies and three caravels to hinder the approach of this reinforcement to his enemies, which executed their orders so effectually that Azz was obliged to flee for shelter to another place.
During the voyage, two caravels were lost with all their men, and a third was lost but the men saved.
On receiving advice of this siege, Don Enrique sent a reinforcement of 150 men in two caravels commanded by Christopher Jusarte and Duarte Fonseca.
In 1503, the king sent two caravels to try to obtain news of the two brothers, but the search was in vain, and they returned without having acquired any information.
The caravels let in water in every direction, and the admiral was obliged to run them aground; he then tried to organize a life in common upon shore.
It was at two o'clock in the morning that the land was first seen, when the caravels were not two hours' sail away from it.
Illustration: The Admiral is obliged to run the caravels aground.
Now the Moors having left that place, and the caravels sailing on, those men of ours who were working the sails saw near the shore some 200 camels, with certain Moors who followed them.
Chapter XVIII begins the relation of the first expedition on a large scale, and the first that sprang from private enterprise--namely, that of Lançarote and his six caravels from Lagos.
And he said also that they ought to land and help them to bring off to the caravels those captives who remained on shore under guard of seven men, who were staying with them on the island.
The caravels arrived at Lagos, whence they had set out, having excellent weather for their voyage, for fortune was not less gracious to them in the serenity of the weather than it had been to them before in the capture of their booty.
True it is that in the year 1440 there armed themselves two caravels to go to that land, but because they had hap that was contrary, we do not tell further of their voyage.
Wherefore they guided their caravelstowards Portugal, making straight for Lisbon, where they arrived quite content with their booty.
The tawny Moors, his prisoners, told him of certain tall palms growing at the mouth of the Senegal or western Nile, by which he was able to guide the caravels which he sent out to find that river.
The Venetian Cadamosto testifies that "his caravelsdid much excel all other sailing ships afloat.
Every year saw one or more caravels sent from Lagos southward to follow the coast of the main-land; but they skirted no shores that were not desert, and turned back baffled by their own fears.
Two of thecaravels of the Doge's fleet, two of Othello's strongest war-ships, could scarcely carry the mast of my Australian clipper.
If Italian painters had had such things as these to paint, if poets of old time had had such things as these to sing, do you imagine they would have been contented with crank caravels and tales thrice told already?
Again the two caravels headed for Spain, but again the winds blew vigorously, so that the Pinta was driven into the Bay of Biscay and the Nina had to take refuge at the mouth of the Tagus, in Portugal.
So, after the three caravels had left the island of Cuba, two emissaries were dispatched into the interior in order to take presents to the Khan.
Three caravels were now equipped for the journey at the port of Palos.
Every one eagerly crowded forward, with shouts and cries of joy, as the three caravels drew nearer and nearer to the sandy beach.
The bellying sails carried the three caravels ever to the westward.
The caravels turned southward, and, leaving Seville on August 10th.
After a voyage of several weeks, the Spanish caravels anchored in the harbor of the city founded by their countrymen, where they remained for two months.
The prows of the four caravels were now turned towards Spain, and, after an uneventful voyage, they arrived at their place of departure, June 8th.
Luck, however, was with him, and the storm at length abated to such a degree that the two caravels cast anchor at the island of St. Mary, one of the Azores.
He had three caravelsin all, and three hundred sailors and soldiers.
Only one other venture to this region, that of Pedro Nino, the year previous, had yielded such rich returns, and it was with exultation that the members of this expedition turned the prows of their caravels homeward.
The caravels were hardly kept afloat until this haven was reached, and foundered in port before their cargoes were landed.
Here were caravels from Venice and Genoa, laden with goods from the East.
Besides these were four galleys, fifty-six great armed merchant ships, the finest Spain possessed, and twentycaravels or small vessels.
They became separated in the storm, but the caravels met at last after the storm was over and steered away for the island of Jamaica.
And on the ninth of May, 1502, with four small caravels and one hundred and fifty men, Christopher Columbus sailed from Cadiz on his fourth and last voyage to the western world.
At last they got away from the Canaries, and on Sunday, the ninth of September, 1492, with a fresh breeze filling their sails, the threecaravels sailed away into the West.
The people of Bristol have sent out yearly for the last seven years a fleet of two, three or four caravels to search for the island of Brasil and the Seven Cities, following the fancy of this Genoese.
Two of their caravelswe sank, and one (Fouled with her consort in the rigging) took Ere she could catch the wind when she rode free.
At this point, however, the foaming St. Louis rapids barred their way, and the caravels were turned homeward.
Here he weathered the storm, which drove the other caravels out to sea and annihilated the homeward-bound fleet, the richest till then that had been sent from Española.
The caravels equipped at Palos were so unseaworthy, judged by the dangers of the Atlantic, that no crew in our time would have trusted in them.
The two small caravels provided for the voyage of Columbus by the town of Palos were only partially decked.
On September 6th they weighed anchor once more with all haste, Columbus having been informed that three Portuguese caravels were on the lookout for him.
The large courses of the caravels enabled their commanders to lay their courses nearer to the wind than any clipper ship of modern times.
These were tales to stir circles of listeners wherever wandering mongers of caravelscame and went.
Only three centuries and a half ago the keels of his caravels plowed for the first time these very waters, bearing the greatest heart and wisest head of his time, and one of the grandest figures in all history.
As he was both draughtsman and mariner, we feel safe in affirming that the caravels drawn in said letter of the illustrious mariner form the most authentic document in regard to the vessels of his time that is in existence.
Onward and onward thro' the blue profound, Into the west a thousand leagues or more, His caravels cut the billows till they ground Upon the shallows of San Salvador.
Between the time of the arrival of Ribera with the information that the treasure had been left at the Azores, and the sending of the caravels to bring it to Spain, nearly six months elapsed.
Magellan prevailed in his suit, which was the reason, according to Pigafetta, the historian of the expedition, that the emperor did not give Gomez any caravels to discover new lands.
The caravels which crossed from Spain to be present at the World's Fair at Chicago.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caravels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
