The sea trader, his friends and enemies . > z > wo o O >< 7^ m. I 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, and forother needs, and to these projecting timbers are attached theoars, which are like masts in size, and need from ten to fifteenmen to ply each of them. When Ibn Batuta will have usto understand that these ships carried 6
The sea trader, his friends and enemies . > z > wo o O >< 7^ m. I 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, and forother needs, and to these projecting timbers are attached theoars, which are like masts in size, and need from ten to fifteenmen to ply each of them. When Ibn Batuta will have usto understand that these ships carried 600 sailors and 400marines, we are really entitled to remember that he was amost amusing and attractive, but also most romancing andunscrupulous, scamp, who looked out for wonders, and wroteto amuse his countrymen who loved to hear of wonders. In short, we hear of great ships in the ancient and medievalworld. We never see them. The brasses of a RomanEmperor, struck to commemorate his own merits as apurveyor of corn in time of dearth, show a vessel whichmust needs have bee
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