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Vikings’ vessel 34 The Cog 36 Influence of the Crusades 38 Use of the rudder 38 The galley in the Netherlands 39 Use of Artillery 40 Baertzen 40 Krayers and Hulken 41 Use of carvel laid planking 41 The ship in the XVIth century 44 Use of the square-stern ship 44 Use of the por...
Vikings’ vessel 34 The Cog 36 Influence of the Crusades 38 Use of the rudder 38 The galley in the Netherlands 39 Use of Artillery 40 Baertzen 40 Krayers and Hulken 41 Use of car...
2. Part 2Under the ancient Empire, the mast was 10 metres long and the yard was 6 metres. Under the middle Empire, these lengths were, respectively, 5 and 6 metres, and under the new Emp...
3. Part 3All the ideas put forth in regard to the number of banks of oars and to the respective places occupied by the oarsmen rest only on hypotheses. There have been more than one bank...
4. Part 4Just as in the times of the Greeks and the Romans, the Middle Ages had their galleys, and their merchant vessels of more rounded form. Thus, for example, the city of Genoa sent...
5. Part 5It was the South which inaugurated the system of castles which were built on the ships in the Middle Ages. It is to be noticed that already, in the Xth century, the Emperor Leo...
6. Part 6The reproduction does not show clearly whether the hull is clinker built. It is very possible that the sides were carvel built, because this style of work was already in use at...
7. Part 7The size of the crews, which reduces to 21 men per vessel shows sufficiently that the boats of the fleet were relatively small. Under these conditions, a pretty exact idea can b...
8. Part 8Up to this point, the ports were not only irregularly arranged, but the lower row was generally so low that those in this tier had to be kept closed if the sea were at all rough...
9. Part 9+======+========+========+========+===========+========+=============+ |NUMBER|Length | Beam |Moulded | | | Calibres | | OF |between | at main depth | BATTERIES | Crew | of guns...
10. Part 10The English had at their disposal docks for the construction of their ships (~Witsen~, p. 206, column I.); they used neither ribands nor shores. Before laying down their ships,...
11. Part 11The straightening of the sternpost brought about the shortening of the beakhead which, at the beginning of the XVIIth century, measured one-fifth of the total length of the vess...
12. Part 12The Rhenish boats are of no uniform type. Those which frequent the lower part of the river (below Bonn) differ from those which circulate on the Upper Rhine and its tributaries,...
13. Part 13They are solid ships and withstand storms very well, whence the saying: “Koffen en Smakken zijn waterbakken” (Kufs and Smacks are reservoirs of water). I cannot partake of the o...
14. Part 14It is interesting to inquire however, how the name “Praams” came to be admitted into a country where there existed so many other and more appropriate names. There is no doubt th...
15. Part 15It is hard for the present generation to imagine that, 60 years ago, the “Trekschuit” was still the only means of locomotion of the period. Who would now think of going in a “Tr...
16. Part 16[25] By act of May 22, 1628, it is ordered that there be paid to Adam Clippens, Engineer, who built the mud mill, a sum of 100 florins for the bid which he presented.
17. Part 17+------------------------------------------------------------+ |Situation of the Netherlands Fishing Fleet and of its Crews.| +------+----------------------+--------------------...
18. Part 18The Southern centre, situated in the Mediterranean, and originally from Phœnicia, is marked in red. There too, shipbuilding developed along an East-West line. Although it may no...