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Sails Round Malta Contents Fo reward 2 -Welfare 65 Preface 5 - Pensions and Charities 68 Introduction 9 -Pay 68 Part I: Historical Bird's Eye View 12 - Merchant Ships 69 Since time immemorial 12 French Interlude 70 Phoenicia 15 British Rule 73 Carthage 17 Part II: Pictorial Presentation of Ships and Boats 81 Greece 18 Ships in Antiquity 82 Rome 19 Egyptian Ship 84 Barbarians 21 Cretan Merchant Ship 86 Byzantium 22 Phoenician Trader 89 Arabs 22 Carthaginian Merchantman 90 The Normans 24 GreekTrader 92 The Angevins 27 Christian Era 94 The Aragonese 27 Roman Corn-ship 96 Spanish Hegemony 28 Barbarian Ship 99 The Order of St John 30 Selander and Dromon 100 - Naval Affairs 32 Arab ship 102 - Galley Squadron 33 The Viking Ship 104 -The Corso 35 Siculo-Maghreb boat 106 - Precedence of the Order 36 Crusaders' ship 109 - Informers and Spies 37 Early Medieval Merchantship 110 - Signals at Sea 38 Frigate I5th-Century 112 - Music on Galleys 39 Round and Long Ships 114 - Record ofVictories 40 15th-Century Brigantine 116 - Corso Prizes 42 15th-Century Great Barcia 118 - Grand Harbour 44 Armed Barcia 120 -The Arsenals 47 Great Oared Round Ship 122 - Powder and Arms 50 Early 15th-Century Carrack 125 - Nautical School 51 Barciotto 126 - Caravans and Caravanists 53 l-5th-Century Fregata 128 - Discipline 56 Small Working Boat 129 - Punishments 57 15th-Century Galley 130 -The Admiral 58 Warships of the Order of St John 132 - General of the Galley Squadron 58 The Great Three-Masted Barcia 134 - Captains and Subordinates 60 Carrack Sant'Anna 136 - Rowers on Galleys 61 The Three-Masted Sant'Anna 138 -The Local Workforce 63 The Carrack Santa Maria 141 - Medical Services 64 The Galleon San Giovanni 142 -The Chaplain 65 Galleon small 144 The Petacchio 146 The Early I7th-CenturyTartana 242 Square-Rigged 17th-Century Fregata 148 17th-Century Pollacca 244 17th-Century Warship 151 The First Xprunaras 247 Third Rate 152 Xprunara in a Squall 248 The Frigate 154 The 1740 Xprunara 250 The Corvette 156 The Maltese Tartana 252 Mortar-Ship 159 The 18th-Century Pink 254 Fire-Ship 160 The Gozo Xprunara 257 The Fire-Ship Caique 162 The 1778 Gozo Xprunara 258 Caique Carried by aThird Rate 164 TheBombarda 1791 260 The Galley Family 166 The Schooner 1792 262 The Capitana 168 The Martingana 265 Galley 1571 170 Armed Pollacca 266 Galley 1680 172 TheVascellotto 268 Demi-Galley 14 oars 174 The Urea 270 Demi-Galley 20 oars 176 Late 18th-Century Pollacca 272 The Galleot 179 The Ketch 275 The Corsair Felucca •180 Small Chebec 276 The Black Felucca 182 Ceremonial Boats 278 The Passenger Felucca 184 Wignacourt's Gondola 280 The Armed Caique 187 Vilhena's Brigantine 282 The Caique 188 The Gilded Felucca 284 The Galley's Caique 190 The Gilded Felucca under Sail 287 The Caique and Anchors 192 Muslim Ships 288 The Fregatina 194 The Saica 290 The Chebec 197 The Germa 292 The Chebecs of the Order 198 The Caramusal 294 The Pollacca-Chebec 200 The Muslim Galleot 297 The Gun Pontoon 202 19th-Century Merchant Ships 298 Special Occurrences 204 The 1800 Brig 300 Galleon Firing All Guns 206 The Palandra 302 Galley Rigged with a Stay Sail 209 The 1809 Pink 304 Explosion of a Coursier 210 The Mistico 306 A Shipwrecked Galley 212 The Nave 1814 309 AVictorious Galley 214 Tartanella 310 A Galley under its Awning 216 Trabaccolo 1814 312 The Hanging of a Criminal 219 Balanza 314 The Lookout 220 Brig Schooner 317 318 18th-Century Merchant Ships 222 The Great Bovo 320 16th-Century Brigantine 224 The Small Bovo 322 The Schellinks Brigantine 226 The Small Mistico 324 The Jal Brigantine 228 The Schooner Express 1815 327 The Lateen-Rigged Frigate 231 The Armed Cutter 328 17th-Century Maltese Brigantine 232 The Barque Stranger =1816 330 The 17th-Century Lateen-Rigged Barque 234 Schooner 1823 332 The Brigantine 1769 236 Xprunara 1832 334 Square-Rigged Brigantine 1789 239 Early 19th-Century Barque 336 Lateen-Rigged Brigantine 1796 240 The 1850 Tartana Brig 1850 339 The Kenura 435 Xprunara Under Sprit Rig and Mizzen 340 Small Cutter 436 Xprunara with a Chequered Sail 342 The Pilot Dghajsa 438 The Great Xprunara 1853 344 The P & O Pilot Boat 440 Xprunara Rigged with one Huge Sprit Sail 346 Leisure Boats 442 Brig Presidente 349 Racing Gig 444 Ship Malta 1864 350 The Baqqa 446 Early 19th-century Brig 352 The Sailing Frejgatina 448 Brig Schooner 354 The Admiral's Gondola 450 Late 19th-century Brig Schooner 357 Admiral Superintendent's Gondola 452 Late 19th-Century Barque 358 The Commander-in-Chiefs Launch 454 The Brig Giannina 360 Yacht Cutter 457 Dutch Vessel 362 The Wine Schooner 364 Appendices 458 Late 19th-Century Schooner 367 Appendix 1: Early 17th-century shipping 459 Xprunara with a Schooner Rig 368 Appendix II: Early 17th-century rigging The Dredger 370 of a small galleon 460 Maltese Traditional Boats 372 Appendix III: Late 17th-century Maltese galley 461 The Schellinks Dghajsa 374 Appendix IV: General proportions of a galley 462 The Piccola Barriera Dghajsa 377 Appendix V: Sails of a galley 463 The Fenech Boat 378 Appendix VI: The compartments below deck Passenger Boat 380 of a Maltese galley 464 The Schranz Dghajsa 382 Appendix VII: Rowers' bench on a galley 467 The Heavy Dghajsa Tal-Pass 384 Appendix VIII: Signal points on the capitana The HM Dockyard Dghajsa 387 of the Order 468 The Early 20th-century Maltese Dghajsa 388 Appendix IX: Mast measurements The Schranz Ferilla 390 of a lateen-rigged brigantine 469 Ferilla Under Sprit Rig 392 Appendix X: Cross-section of a third rate 470 Model of the Ferilla 395 Appendix XI: Sail arrangement on a third rate 471 The Schranz Kajjikk 396 Appendix XII: Profile of a xprunara 472 Dredging Kajjikk 398 Appendix XIII: Plan view of the xprunara 473 The Schranz Fregatina 400 Appendix XIV: Cross-section of a xprunara 474 Early 20th-century Frejgatina 402 Appendix XV: 19th-century sailing ships 475 Luzzu under Sprit Rig 405 Appendix XVI: Plan view of the dghajsa tal-pass 476 The Ship-Chandler's Luzzu 406 Appendix XVII: Traditional racing boats 477 The Luzzu Tal-Gadraj 408 Appendix XVIII: Colour schemes on Maltese The Tal-Latini or Gozo Boat 410 fishing boats 480 Gozo Boat with a Schooner Rig 413 Appendix XIX: Anachronistic small boats 481 The Tal-Latini without Sails 414 Appendix XX: The not so popular vessels Barkun with a Transom 416 that sailed round Malta 483 Double-Ended Barkun 418 Bibliography 489 Barkun Cisterna 420 Glossary 497 The Xieru 422 Place Index 502 Barkazza 425 Subject Index 504 The Early Wejla 426 Name Index 511 Modern Wejla 428 Ship Index 514 The Skiff 430 Sigla 516 The Dingi 432.
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