The names of the authorities consulted have generally been given in the text, or in footnotes. The author is indebted to Dr. Warre's article on ships, in the last edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica," and to Mr. Cecil Torr's work, "Ancient Ships," for much information concerning Greek and Roman galleys, and further to "The Royal Navy," a history by Mr. W. Laird Clowes, and the "History of Marine Architecture" by Charnock, for much relating to British warships down to the end of the eighteenth century.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
Introduction[1]
CHAPTER II.
Ancient Ships in the Mediterranean and Red Seas[5]
CHAPTER III.
Ancient Ships in the Seas of Northern Europe[55]
CHAPTER IV.
Mediæval Ship[65]
CHAPTER V.
Modern Wooden Sailing-ships[112]
APPENDIX
Description of an Archaic Greek Bireme[157]
Index[161]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAP. PAGE.
*1.Egyptian Ship of the Punt Expedition. About 1600 b.c. From Dêr-Bahari[Frontispiece]