Antonio Musarra
Antonio Musarra is Associate Professor of Medieval History at Sapienza University of Rome and a Harvard Fellow. He works on maritime and naval history, the history of the Crusades and the Latin East, and Franciscan history. He published several books, the last one is “1492. Diario del Primo Viaggio” (Laterza)
IT and US: 1492. Diary of the first trip
Let's start by saying that there were not three of them. The caravels, I mean. This is an enduring myth that has entered powerfully into the imagination. Three like the Wise Men, like the Musketeers, like the oranges of the fairy tale. Wanting to be precise, two caravels and a nao: a large trading ship. But it matters little: myth is built on simpl...