Title: Another unreliable "reference"
Review: My hobby being nautical history for about twenty years now, I eagerly bought this book hoping it to be a gem. However, to my dismay, the first (and only) time I looked for a subject in it, I found it to be rubbish.Reading under the subject "caravel": - the old northern confusion between "caravela" and carvel-built ship lurks (they are not equivalent, although the latter definition includes the former) - the "round" caravel is called "caravela rotunda" (in portuguese: "fat caravel"!) instead of its real name of "caravela redonda" or "caravela de armada" - the (very well documented) four mast "round" caravel is described as having three masts: two forward masts with square rig and a lateen mizen!!! Does it mean every three mast square-rigged ship is a caravel? - The "nau" (carrack) "Santa Maria" is called a caravel!!! - The "naus" of Magalhaes are also called caravels!!!If it wasn't a serious issue, it would be rather comical!
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