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The Book of the Ocean

Note 4 — PART I—WOODEN WALLS, FROM SALAMIS TO TRAFALGAR

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An example of the so-called forty-bank galley is illustrated, so far as its forward end will show it, in the picture of the ship of Ptolemy Philopator, on page 43. The forty “banks” appear to be groups of oars in a few tiers.

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