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===Etymology=== The English name ''caravel'' derives from the Portuguese {{lang|pt|caravela}}, which in turn may derive from the {{langx|la|[[Carabus (boat)|carabus]]}} or the {{langx|el|κάραβος}} perhaps indicating some continuity of its [[Carvel (boat building)|carvel build]] through the ages.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Sleeswyk | first = André W. | year = 1998 | title = Carvel-planking and Carvel Ships in the North of Europe | journal = Archaeonautica | volume = 14 | pages = 223–228 (224f.) | doi = 10.3406/nauti.1998.1208 | url = http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/nauti_0154-1854_1998_act_14_1_1208 | access-date = 2014-01-08 | archive-date = 2015-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204130/http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/nauti_0154-1854_1998_act_14_1_1208 | url-status = live }}</ref> [[File:Caravela Latina - Museu Arte Antiga.jpg|thumb| What is believed to be the most accurate depiction of a lateen caravel, featured in the 16th century ''Retábulo de Santa Auta'', now at the [[National Museum of Ancient Art]], in Lisbon]] [[File:Boa Esperança Caravel - Lagos, Portugal.jpg|thumb|right|225px|A replica of the caravel ''Boa Esperança'' in the city of [[Lagos, Portugal]]]]
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