On 26 Jun 2000, 11:38, Richard F Strait wrote:
> I am looking for sites that describe ships used on the Mediterranean in
> about 50 A.D.?
See what you can glean from these sites:
Ships of the Ancient Greeks
http://www.showgate.com/medea/bulfinch/grkship.html
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Merchant vessels and marine commerce in Roman times
http://index.waterland.net/navis/Themes/Commercio/CommerceEnglish.htm
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The Roman Imperial Navy
http://www.history.bangor.ac.uk/Shipspecial/shlect28.htm
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This Discover Magazine article at Britannica encyclopedia about the
eight sunken Roman ships discovered off the coast of Ethiopia.
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/magazine/article/0,5744,39857,00.html
And here is an updated article about those ships:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
cgi-bin/text?lookup=pecs+rochelongues,shipwreck&vers=english
Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
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Ships of Discovery
http://www.shipsofdiscovery.org/
Alan
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