History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 543
re permitted to send 1 The words Nefs and Nes occur in many of the Normandescriptions of the marine of those days. fLa Blanche Nef -wasthe name of the ship in which Prince William, the son of Henry I.,was drowned, in Nov. a.d. 1120, while crossing from Normandy toEngland. 2 An Italian who, in 1758,… … SMALL GALLEY. When the mercantile vessels thus engaged were Howcompleted and armed, the public crier announced equipped,throughout the streets and highways of Venice that canned.a certain number of galeasses were ready for theannual expeditions to Egypt and other countries.This proclamation, issued…
Commerce · Ships and shipping · Merchant marine
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