History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 88
ed so as to row to the best advantage.The ships are generally biremes, with perhaps thirtyrowers, and are decked. On the deck of the second of these last illustrationstwo figures may be noticed with white head-dressesor veils; these are, no doubt, the wives who areaccompanying their husbands in the… … (Layard, i. Series, PI. 71.) No representations of naval engagements have asyet been met with on the Assyrian bas-reliefs, butthey may be found hereafter. MERCHANT SHIPPING. 39 The sculptures further show, contrary to what waslong the received opinion, that the ancients possessedmechanical…
Commerce · Ships and shipping · Merchant marine
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