Ships Through the Ages: Pirate Dhow, Spanish or Venetian Galley, Spanish Galleon
Ships Through the Ages: Pirate Dhow, Spanish or Venetian Galley, Spanish Galleon
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Ships Through the Ages: Pirate Dhow, Spanish or Venetian Galley, Spanish Galleon
Description:
Pirate Dhow: This is a typical 16th-century dhow, a grab-built, lateen-rigged vessel of Arabia, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. It has the usual long overhang forward, high poop deck, and open waist. The dhow was notorious in the slave trade on the east coast of Africa, and even after a thousand years is still one of the swiftest of sailing vessels. / Spanish or Venetian Galley: These 16th-century galleys were highly decorated with flying flags and intricately carved ornamentation that covered the poop deck and the stern. However, the poor conditions for the slaves that occupied the ships belied the beautiful exterior. The galleys were often a substitute for the gallows and they were frequently used as punishment. / Spanish Galleon: Galleons were usually "treasure ships," and have a romantic history of pirates, adventure, and conquest in popular culture.
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Notes:
Description of ships written in 1935.
Notes (historical):
Ships Through the Ages, originally four murals painted by Frederic Leonard King between 1934 and 1935, was commissioned as part of the Public Works of Art Project for the Jeffries Point Branch of the Boston Public Library. In 1956, the Jeffries Point Branch closed, and the murals were divided into smaller paintings and relocated to the East Boston Branch Library where they are currently on display; however, several sections of the murals are missing.
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