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Woodcut of a bireme (galley with two rows of oars) on the water from "De Re Navali", a 1541 book about vessels from antiquity. With another woodcut of a bireme, this one with a man aboard it, on the verso, titled "Etiam tali modo depictas biremes vidimus". Pages 22 and 21 (verso) of the book.


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