Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 42
he Cape of Good Hope to Gravesend in477 days, and arrived on March 28th, 1848. Marco Polo says the ships of Manzi had once been bigger,and if we are to believe his successor in Eastern travel, IbnBatuta, they became much bigger once again. He certainlytravelled in the East, and he saw shipbuilding… … THE ANCIENT SHIP 25 traveller who tells us that the Chinese first made the sides,then connected them by beams ( slabs is the word in thetranslation), and then apply the bottom planking. Healso says that the timbers projecting from the sides towardsthe water serve the crew for going down to wash,…
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