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caravel

type of sailing ship
Intangible ship_type Q169560
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Summary

caravel is a ship type[1]. caravel ranks in the top 7% of ship type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,893 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commissioned by: Prince Henry the Navigator[3]
  • Subclass of: sailing ship[4]
  • Commons category: Caravels[5]
  • Inception: 1500[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Caravels[7]
  • Location of creation: Portugal[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

caravel has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] caravel is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Portugal Prince Henry the Navigator

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ship type
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2044140
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