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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)

Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 451

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am. It is remarkable for the amountof detail preserved on it. On this, as on the seal ofSandwich, two sailors may be noticed seated aloft on MERCHANT SHIPPING. 401 the yard in the act of furling the sail. On the deckis an officer giving the word of command, and in thecastle over the poop a man… … FAVEKSIIAM. 5. A seal of Michael Stanhope, vice-admiral of stanhope,Suffolk, of a somewhat later date, is remarkable in mSifofthat it represents a ship with four masts and a bow- Suffolk-sprit. Each mast has a single yard, with the lug sailfurled on the three smaller ones, and set on the fourthand…

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