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Stable ships that could be controlled by a limited number of sailors, small enough to be easily maneuverable along the coast and in rivers, yet big enough to carry provisions and trade goods across long distances, were needed. New ship developments were needed for merchants and as ships improved people realized they had potential to explore.
The development of nautical sciences, including the augmentation of pre-existing techniques and tools, on the Iberian Peninsula generated new technology and had a direct, visible, and lasting effect on long range ship board navigation.
Location: Playa de la Isla , off the coast of Mazarron, Sapin: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Site of a sunken ship: History; Founded: 7th century BC: Abandoned: 7th century BC: Periods: Iron Age: Cultures: Phoenician, Iberian: Site notes; Discovered: 1988 (Mazarrón I) 1994 (Mazarrón II): Condition: Conserved at the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena: Ownership: Spain: The Phoenician ...
Museum ships in Spain ... Pages in category "Maritime history of Spain" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Iberian ship development, 1400 ...
The capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. [3] Since the beginning of the war the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Peninsula to control the Strait of Gibraltar and facilitate naval operations against the French fleet in the western Mediterranean Sea.
The ship that truly launched the first phase of the discoveries along the African coast was the Portuguese caravel. Iberians quickly adopted it for their merchant navy. Iberians quickly adopted it for their merchant navy.
The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity , the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians , and Romans.
So were large quantities of gold and silver; 63 merchant ships were seized in the harbour. Their cargo included grain, weapons, bronze, ship timber, linen and esparto (used to make ropes). Pursuing good relations with the locals, Scipio released the citizens of the town among the 10,000 free men captured and restored their property.