Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 120
annonsdischarged with gunpowder. It was not until the close of the fifteenthcentury that the rapid progress of the new artillery, which enabled besiegersto breach a wall from a considerable distance, and with a smaller expenditureboth of time and men, caused the whole paraphernalia of the… … Fig. 67.—Ballista.—From a Miniature in Manuscript 17,339, in theNational Library of Paris. NAVAL MATTEES. Old Traditions: Long Vessels and Broad Vessels.-The Dromon—The Galeasse-The Coque -Caracks and Galleons-Francis Lb Great Carack-Caravelles-The Importance of a Fleet-Hired Fleets—Poop…
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