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Woodcut depicting a side view of a bireme (galley with two tiers of oars), with two men, who are out of scale with the vessel, within. Another woodcut of a galley, this one empty, on verso. Cut from a page of "De Re Navale", a book on Greek and Roman naval architecture.


vessel depictions
1541-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Bayfii, Lazarus
ink; laid paper
4 in x 5 in
Switzerland: Basel

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