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  2. Maritime history of Europe - Wikipedia

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    The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...

  3. Ships of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Ships of ancient Rome. Ancient Rome had a variety of ships that played crucial roles in its military, trade, and transportation activities. [ 1 ] Rome was preceded in the use of the sea by other ancient, seafaring civilizations of the Mediterranean. The galley was a long, narrow, highly maneuverable ship powered by oarsmen, sometimes stacked in ...

  4. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    Maritime history dates back thousands of years. In ancient maritime history, [ 1 ] evidence of maritime trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia. [ 2 ] The first prehistoric boats are presumed to have been dugout canoes which were developed independently by various Stone Age populations.

  5. Kyrenia (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Kyrenia is a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship that sank c. 294 BC. Kyrenia ' s wreck was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm. [1][3] Having lost the exact position, Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia (Keryneia) in ...

  6. Maritime timeline - Wikipedia

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    1845: SS Great Britain becomes first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic. 1853: American commodore Matthew C. Perry arrives in Tokyo Bay, enforcing the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. 1856: Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law outlaws privateering. 1859: The first ironclad warship, the Gloire, is launched.

  7. Hellenistic-era warships - Wikipedia

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    Hellenistic-era warships. The famous 2nd century BC Nike of Samothrace, standing atop the prow of an oared warship, most probably a trihemiolia. From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly large and heavy, including ...

  8. Medieval ships - Wikipedia

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    Medieval ships. Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like ships from antiquity, they were moved by sails, oars, or a combination of the two. There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs. Although wider and more frequent communications within Europe meant exposure to a variety of ...

  9. Dover Bronze Age Boat - Wikipedia

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    Dover Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum Dover Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum. The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boat in the world (older boat finds are small fragments, some less than a metre square) – though much older ships exist, such as the Khufu ...