History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 538
MALTESE GALLEYS. 1 This name occurs spelt in various different ways. It is the sameas the English Cog, first noticed in the reign of King John (Spelmanin voce). Sir H. Nicolas, Hist. Royal Navy, i. p. 128. 488 MERCHANT SHIPPING. another galley we also give by that author, theoriginal sketch of… … The RICCARDI GALLEY, WITH THE EAGLES. But though varying very much in class, size, andform, as well as in name, ships were then generally dis-tinguished, like the vessels of the ancient Greeks andPhoenicians, as the long ships of war, and the round ships of the mercantile marine, both…
Commerce · Ships and shipping · Merchant marine
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
