The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 108
the worlds history. We spoke just now of the galleon. So much con-fusion has existed in many minds for so long a time,that it may not be out of place to give here the resultsof the most recent researches into her real character-istics. First of all let us remember that a galleon wasnot necessarily… … o w < O < Oh oo .= 3 3 bJO St;; 5 2 THE SHIP DURING TUDOR TIMES bigger. Now, the length of the caravel on the keelwas twice that of her beam, and her height was neverto be more than one-third of the keel. Her totallength, including the rake of the bow and stern, wasequal to the combined keel…
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