The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 77
nese-pagoda style of naval architecture of themiddle ages. A mere glance at the picture ofthe Great Harry, or of some of the famousships of the Spanish Armada, will show the dif-ference; but when g, comparison is made of theseas for which the two styles of ships were con-structed, we may not smile… … A BIREME. have been outstripped in a voyage on the inlandsea by Ptolemys ship with its thousand oarsmen,yet we can hardly doubt that the galley, with itsgreat length and small width, would soon havebeen racked or twisted to pieces in the rougherNorthern waters. Both styles of craft were de-signed…
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