. The Atlantic; a history of an ocean. The River of Ocean—Primitive 79 sengers or cargo or both. There seems to be provision for a steers- man and a permanent steering oar. We cannot be certain that all ships of this type were built in Egypt. Trees, such as could provide planks for shipbuilding, were always scarce and sometimes nonexistent in Egypt. Later we know the Egyptian ships were often built up of short pieces of timber and this is why they used the heavy truss of twisted ropes which is so prom- inently shown in the temple drawings. We already know that Hannu had a fleet of ships built
. The Atlantic; a history of an ocean. The River of Ocean—Primitive 79 sengers or cargo or both. There seems to be provision for a steers- man and a permanent steering oar. We cannot be certain that all ships of this type were built in Egypt. Trees, such as could provide planks for shipbuilding, were always scarce and sometimes nonexistent in Egypt. Later we know the Egyptian ships were often built up of short pieces of timber and this is why they used the heavy truss of twisted ropes which is so prom- inently shown in the temple drawings. We already know that Hannu had a fleet of ships built in Punt for his voyage home. These earliest pictured ships therefore may well have been built in Tyre or Sidon (as these cities were later called by the Phoenicians) or timber from Lebanon may have been shipped to Egypt and the vessels built there. No doubt the ships shown were used chiefly on the Nile but there is no inherent reason why they would not also serve for voyages be- tween Egypt and other sections of the eastern Mediterranean coast. From the size and character of the ship of 6000 we must con- clude that shipbuilding and operation already had a long history. It seems reasonable to draw the inference that simple ships were being sailed and rowed about the shores of the Mediterranean and making passages to some of its islands centuries before this. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who in recent years has given much atten- tion to the question of early voyages, would put the date of the first navigators much earlier than this. In any event, this is a history. EGYPTIAN SHIP. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Outhwaite, Leonard, 1892-. New York, Coward-McCann
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