Maritime Discovery: A History of Nautical Exploration from the Earliest Times, Volumen1Newman and Company, 1881 |
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... Greeks ' egcalia , ' mean- ing the ribs or internal parts of the animal body ) the frame was completed . Before the introduction of the keel , the framework of the vessel was formed of timbers bent round , and kept in the curved form by ...
... Greeks ' egcalia , ' mean- ing the ribs or internal parts of the animal body ) the frame was completed . Before the introduction of the keel , the framework of the vessel was formed of timbers bent round , and kept in the curved form by ...
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... Greeks used chestnut and cedar , the latter of which they considered to be very durable . Cypress was valued for its being water - tight , and elm was chiefly used for the parts of the vessel under water . Sometimes a fleet of ships was ...
... Greeks used chestnut and cedar , the latter of which they considered to be very durable . Cypress was valued for its being water - tight , and elm was chiefly used for the parts of the vessel under water . Sometimes a fleet of ships was ...
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... common use . The ancient Greeks , we are told by Homer , used only one rudder , but as their vessels enlarged in size , they used two , one at the prow THE ORIGIN OF THE RUDDER AND ANCHOR . 11 and 10 MARITIME DISCOVERY .
... common use . The ancient Greeks , we are told by Homer , used only one rudder , but as their vessels enlarged in size , they used two , one at the prow THE ORIGIN OF THE RUDDER AND ANCHOR . 11 and 10 MARITIME DISCOVERY .
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... Greeks procured from Egypt , ropes and cables manufactured from rushes and sea - willow . It seems to have been the ordinary practice of the ancients , to place at the head or prow of the vessel , an image , called the sign , which we ...
... Greeks procured from Egypt , ropes and cables manufactured from rushes and sea - willow . It seems to have been the ordinary practice of the ancients , to place at the head or prow of the vessel , an image , called the sign , which we ...
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... Greeks and Romans , delivered by the Rev. E. Warre before the members of the Royal United Service Institution in April , 1876 , much light was thrown on the vexed ques- tion of the trireme . According to the lecturer , the first who ...
... Greeks and Romans , delivered by the Rev. E. Warre before the members of the Royal United Service Institution in April , 1876 , much light was thrown on the vexed ques- tion of the trireme . According to the lecturer , the first who ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Africa Albuquerque anchor ancient Arabian Arabs Arrian arrived Bab-el-Mandeb boat called canoe Cape Captain captured cargo carried cataphract century China Chinese coast colony Columbus command commerce conquest Cortez crew deck despatched discovered discovery Dutch East India Company Egypt Emperor England English expedition explored feet fleet French galleass galleys Gama Gog and Magog Governor Greeks Hakluyt Hispaniola Indies island John Juan King known land later leagues length Magellan Malacca Marco Polo mariners maritime mast merchants miles Moluccas Næarchus natives nautical naval navigation oars Ocean Ormuz Persian Gulf Phoenicians planks port Portugal Portuguese prince proceeded Ptolemy Raleigh Red Sea returned river Roman sailed Saracens says seamen Sebastian Cabot sent settlement ships shores side South Seas Spain Spaniards Spanish stern Strabo Strait of Magellan Straits Sumatra thence tons town trade trireme Venetians Venice vessels Viceroy visited voyage West whence
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Página 338 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Página 145 - Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers: And such she was; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.
Página 180 - The phenomena of national growth and decay, both of those which can and those which cannot be explained, have been peculiarly in evidence during the four centuries that have- gone by since the discovery of America and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. These have been the four centuries of by far the most intense and constantly accelerating rapidity of movement and development that the world has yet seen. The movement has covered all the fields of human activity. It has witnessed an altogether...
Página 148 - In this perplexity, the genius of Mahomet conceived and executed a plan of a bold and marvellous cast, of transporting by land his lighter vessels and military stores from the Bosphorus into the higher part of the harbour.
Página 193 - With such mad seas the daring Gama fought, For many a day, and many a dreadful night, Incessant, labouring round the stormy Cape ; By bold ambition led, and bolder thirst Of gold.
Página 189 - The people of the island report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In form it is said to resemble the eagle, but it is incomparably greater in size; being so large and strong as to seize an elephant with its talons, and to lift it into the air, from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase.
Página 149 - A level way was covered with a broad platform of strong and solid planks ; and, to render them more slippery and smooth, they were anointed with the fat of sheep and oxen. Fourscore light galleys and brigantines, of fifty and thirty oars, were disembarked on the Bosphorus shore ; arranged successively on rollers, and drawn forward by the power of men and pulleys.
Página 163 - Armies neither fly, nor run post," saith a marshal of France. And I know it to be true, that a fleet of ships may be seen at sunset, and after it, at the Lizard; yet by the next morning they may recover Portland; whereas an army of foot shall not be able to march it in six days.
Página 303 - Among the waste and lumber of the shore, Hard coils of cordage, swarthy fishing-nets, Anchors of rusty fluke, and boats updrawn...
Página 319 - He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand ; " Do not fear ! Heaven is as near...