Age of Sail
Wind-powered seafaring era
The Age of Sail refers to the era roughly spanning the 16th through mid-19th centuries when sailing ships dominated maritime trade, exploration, and naval warfare.
During this period, European powers built global empires through their sailing fleets, and wind-powered vessels were the primary means of crossing oceans.
The term evokes images of tall ships, naval battles, and long voyages of discovery.
The novel is set during the Age of Sail, when a journey across the Atlantic could take months.
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- ship of the lineLarge armed sailing vessel
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- tall shipsLarge traditional sailing vessels
wooden hull · naval warfare · spice trade · Royal Navy · press gang · powder monkey · corsairs · Jolly Roger · East India Company · scurvy · letters of marque · rigging · privateering · sea shanty · trade winds · broadside · naval battles · man-of-war
- Maritime ExplorationColumbus, Magellan, voyage, navigator, circumnavigation
- erasera, epoch, period, Victorian era, colonial era
- historical erasMiddle Ages, Renaissance, Victorian era, Medieval, Tudor era
- agesinfant, child, kid, teen, adult
- Atlantic CanadaNova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Acadians, Bay of Fundy