. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . 3. Thirteenth Century.—Ship of St. Louis. the prow with a motionless piece of wood, vulgarly called calcar (spur),an instrument with which the galley pierces the enemys ships that shestrikes. A diminutive of the galley was the galleon, which, being shorter. 4. Thirteenth Century.—A Galley. and swifter, was better suited for discharging the Greek fire. For therest, starting from this invention, the action of the shock of the calcar wasby degrees replaced by the hand to hand struggle. 764 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. Among the galleys, whi
. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . 3. Thirteenth Century.—Ship of St. Louis. the prow with a motionless piece of wood, vulgarly called calcar (spur),an instrument with which the galley pierces the enemys ships that shestrikes. A diminutive of the galley was the galleon, which, being shorter. 4. Thirteenth Century.—A Galley. and swifter, was better suited for discharging the Greek fire. For therest, starting from this invention, the action of the shock of the calcar wasby degrees replaced by the hand to hand struggle. 764 AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. Among the galleys, which afterwards gave birth to the galea grossa, inassuming more capacity and more amplitude, some were manoeuvred bytwo oars to the bench, others three. It is even certain that, at a later
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