A three-masted lightly armed and speed-built Dutch merchant vessel of the 17th century.

17th century dutch merchant ships. Tomesn Graphics by E. This trade received a significant boost in importance and profitability after Czar Peter the Great founded his new capital St. SeaWatch Books LLC Case Bound Full Color Dust Jacket Year.

The Fluyt was the classic three-masted square-rigged merchant ship of the 17th century built to be extremely economical in operation carrying the largest cargo and smallest crew possible. Silk and textiles comprised the majority of their imports from the. I choose the HMS Royal Charles the giant.

75 9 shipping handling US 20 Canada30 All other locations PAYMENT. The first Dutch ships commanded by Willem van Ghent appeared at the mouth of the Thames on June 17. A long relatively narrow ship designed to carry as much cargo as possible the fluyt featured three masts and a large hold beneath a single deck.

Duyfken little dove Cape York 1606 Dirck Hartogh ship Eendracht HarmonyUnion West coast 1616. At that moment Dutch intensions were unclear to the English who were more concerned of an attack on London. 17th CENTURY DUTCH MERCHANT SHIPS Text Photos and Plans for the Ship Modeler by Ab Hoving.

Usually they were slightly larger than a fluyt. 17th century Dutch Merchant Ships Text Photos and Plans for the Ship Modeler. But the Dutch primary target were English ships anchored upstream the Medway river.

Reviewed by Bob Filipowski the least a visual treat. The main and fore masts carried two or more square sails and the third mast a lateen sail. From 13 th century the Hanseatic League controlled the trade but during 17 th Century the very efficient merchant navy of the Dutch Republic gained control of this trade.