caravel
The Spanish word 'carabela' translates to 'caravel' in English. A caravel is a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship from the 15th-17th centuries.
The Santa Maria caravel was the flagship of Christopher Columbus's expedition.
This sentence is referring to the Santa Maria, one of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The Santa Maria is considered the largest of the three ships and served as the flagship of the fleet.
The caravel is a type of ship used during the age of discovery.
In this sentence, 'carabela' is used to denote a highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The Lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing to windward.
The scale model of the caravel is on display at the museum.
This sentence describes a scaled-down model of a caravel, a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries, being on public display in a museum. Such models are often used in museums to provide a visual representation of historical or important objects.