BRAINLIEST! What made the caravel useful for exploration? It could navigate rivers and rough seas.

It was the fastest ship of its day.

It had a huge hold for cargo.

It was light but heavily armed with 24 cannons.

Although by the early 15th century, the caravel had highly admirable qualities, it was still far from ideal. The main reasons it was chosen for the exploration of the African coast were speed and the ability to sail windward. ... Such ambition also called for changes in the caravel as a ship of discovery.

there are two main types of historical sources: primary sources and secondary sources. a primary source is something that originates from the past. it can be a chronicle, a piece of pottery, or even a piece of glacial ice that gives us climate data about the levels of atmospheric carbon one thousand years ago.