sailof cotton cloth (and formerly, it would seem from Lecomte, even a topgallant sail attimes), though only in quiet weather. And the evidence as to the number of sailscarried by the great Chinese junks of the Middle Ages, which evidently made a greatimpression on Western foreigners, is… … Ancient Chinese War Vessel. that traded to India in the 15th century : They were very great, and had sometimestwelve sails, with innumerable rowers. {Lecomte, I. 389 ; Fr. Jordanus, Hak. Soc,P- 55 ; I^- Batiita, IV. 91 ; Novus Orbis, p. 148.) A fuller account of these vesselsis given at the…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese
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