: a beamy sailing ship especially of the 15th and 16th centuries
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On September 6, 1522, a Spanish carrack named Nao Victoria arrived in the coastal waters of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
The multi-mast carrack derives from the single-mast cog that dominated European seafaring in the Middle Ages.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
Wearing a magnifying visor, at a table with glues and tweezers and exact
bits of wood, the boy puts together long ships
and carracks in exquisite minute scale.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
There’s a cruise on the Esperanza, a three-masted Spanish carrack.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
The multi-mast carrack derives from the single-mast cog that dominated European seafaring in the Middle Ages.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
Wearing a magnifying visor, at a table with glues and tweezers and exact
bits of wood, the boy puts together long ships
and carracks in exquisite minute scale.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
There’s a cruise on the Esperanza, a three-masted Spanish carrack.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
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“Carrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrack. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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