The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 75
dy than that of the growth of themodern ship from its earliest forms. Ancientships of war and of commerce equally interesthim; but as he studies the sculptures, the coins,and the writings of the ancients, he finds that records of war-ships far outnumber those of theships of commerce. Among the… … COMBAT OF GALLEYS. coins, their craft must have been elegant, swift,and seaworthy—more than can be said for manyof the more showy productions of the ship-yardsof Britain, France, and Spain even so late as themiddle ages. To the uninformed the statement that some ofthe ancient war-craft were over…
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