Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... Italy , where the art of shipbuilding had made the greatest progress — as many skilful art- ists and workmen as he could procure , either by the hope of gain or the high honors and distinguished countenance which he paid them . " By ...
... Italy , where the art of shipbuilding had made the greatest progress — as many skilful art- ists and workmen as he could procure , either by the hope of gain or the high honors and distinguished countenance which he paid them . " By ...
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... Italians , and was launched in 1515. She was said to be of a thousand tons ' portage - the largest ship in England . The vessel was four - masted , with two round tops on each mast , except the shortest miz- She had a high forecastle ...
... Italians , and was launched in 1515. She was said to be of a thousand tons ' portage - the largest ship in England . The vessel was four - masted , with two round tops on each mast , except the shortest miz- She had a high forecastle ...
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... Italy . Linen was imported from Flanders and Holland , though the best came from Rheims . Even the coarsest dowlas , or sailcloth , was imported from the Low Countries . The royal ships continued to be of very small bur- den , and the ...
... Italy . Linen was imported from Flanders and Holland , though the best came from Rheims . Even the coarsest dowlas , or sailcloth , was imported from the Low Countries . The royal ships continued to be of very small bur- den , and the ...
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... Italians , and Portuguese , the Spaniards being the most numerous . Camden , in his history of Queen Elizabeth , relates that our general trade with the Neth- erlands in 1564 amounted to twelve millions of ducats , five millions of ...
... Italians , and Portuguese , the Spaniards being the most numerous . Camden , in his history of Queen Elizabeth , relates that our general trade with the Neth- erlands in 1564 amounted to twelve millions of ducats , five millions of ...
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... ports still continued to be foreign - Italian , Flemish , and German . * Macpherson , " Annals of Commerce , " vol . ii . p . 156 . † Ibid . vol . ii . p . 85 . Liverpool , now possessing the largest shipping ton- nage in.
... ports still continued to be foreign - Italian , Flemish , and German . * Macpherson , " Annals of Commerce , " vol . ii . p . 156 . † Ibid . vol . ii . p . 85 . Liverpool , now possessing the largest shipping ton- nage in.
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