brigantine

privateer

Authorized civilian warship

• buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
• corsairPirate or pirate ship
• freebooterMaritime plunderer seeking booty

pirate · raider · plunder · booty · treasure · Blackbeard · swashbuckler · letter of marque · cannon · cutlass

foremast

Ship's frontmost vertical spar

• mainmastShip's central vertical spar
• square-riggedSails perpendicular to hull
• gaff-riggedSail hung from spar

topsail · jib · spanker · staysail · bowsprit · rigging · mizzenmast · yards · shrouds · ratlines

crossing

Point where paths intersect

• expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
• journeyTravel from place to place
• sailingWind-propelled water travel

seafaring · passage · ocean · wind · crew · captain · helm · deck · starboard · portside

schooner

Multi-masted sailing craft

• barqueMulti-masted sailing vessel
• clipperFast ship or trimmer
• galleonLarge historical sailing ship

frigate · caravel · ketch · sloop · cutter · yawl · corvette · dhow · junk · windjammer

Age of Discovery

European maritime expansion era

• ColumbusOhio's seat of government
• trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
• New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses

Magellan · colonization · East India Company · cargo · spice trade · triangular trade · transatlantic · navigation · astrolabe · sextant

• boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
• watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
• nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
• seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
• sailing shipsclipper ship, schooner, galleon, bark, barque
• sailing termssails, mast, anchor, hull, rigging