Caribbean Quarterly, Volumes 1-3Extra Mural Department of the University College of the West Indies, 1949 |
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... ships is derived from the municipal seals of the ports of Western Europe , which often included ships in their design ; but there are some written records too . In England , in particular , the composition of the Navy is known from time ...
... ships is derived from the municipal seals of the ports of Western Europe , which often included ships in their design ; but there are some written records too . In England , in particular , the composition of the Navy is known from time ...
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... ships into men of war by fitting them with castles . Already by 1400 , however , the practice was growing of building a permanently raised fo'c'sle and poop as part of the structure of big ships , a practice carried to excess in the great ...
... ships into men of war by fitting them with castles . Already by 1400 , however , the practice was growing of building a permanently raised fo'c'sle and poop as part of the structure of big ships , a practice carried to excess in the great ...
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... ship . The gunnery used in the great Armada battle was not , therefore , very different from that at Trafalgar . The idea in both battles was to sink the enemy's ships by firing broadsides at their hulls , instead of capturing them by ...
... ship . The gunnery used in the great Armada battle was not , therefore , very different from that at Trafalgar . The idea in both battles was to sink the enemy's ships by firing broadsides at their hulls , instead of capturing them by ...
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