The first fully ocean going ship in Europe, the Carrack is a four-masted vessel developed in the Mediterranean during the 15th century, and later used throughout Europe.
However, for years it has been regarded as the national dog of France, where is was commonly used as a retriever as well as, the Caniche, which is derived from chien canard or duck dog.
But around the 1450s, inventor Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe, likely influenced by rumors of the printing machines in Asia.
For centuries, any attempt to forecast the weather could only be based on personal observation, but in the fifteenth-century scientists began to see the need for instruments.