Around 1450,invention of the threemasted ship mad sailing against the wind much easier .Who invented this ship

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Around 1450,invention of the threemasted ship mad sailing against the wind much easier .Who invented this ship

Answer 1

The three-masted ships were built by the Chinese and long before 1450, contrary to popular belief that European voyagers made such developments.

Taken from Ming Voyages: "Chinese ships were also noted for their advances in sail design and rigging. Bypassing the need for banks of rowers, by the third and fourth

centuries the Chinese were building three and four masted ships (l000 years before Europe) of wind -efficient design. In the eleventh and twelfth

centuries they added lug and then lanteen sails from the Arabs to help sail against the prevailing winds."