Battle of Punta Colares
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The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War. It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by
Ortiz sandbank (in the center)
Brigantine
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A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail. The main mast is the second and tall
The steamship Columbia, an example of a late 19th-century brig-rigged vessel