These voyages could take days but were still quicker and easier than trying to use roads which were mostly little more than dirt tracks.

Medieval merchant ships. Merchants in the middle ages were business people who participated in retail and trade. The Medieval Merchant is a leading online store. Arab navigator using the kamal a.

Wed be looking for slower merchant types like brigs or caravels. They were large and stable enough to carry artillery. Ships in the medieval sense was a term which applied specifically to large deep-hulled sailing vessels such as cogs and hulks.

6 - The tacking of the Skuldelev 1 replica boat Saga Siglar. Though they were all sailing ships they could also be rowed over short distances. The wiki article is pretty good and has an excellent list of external links for the layman.

This guide also covers records of other sailing craft such as. The records of customs charges levied on English maritime commerce. Roundship John Cabot Hansa Kogge.

The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England 14001580 The Database At the heart of this website sits a relational database of approximately 50000 ship voyages out of over 400 English Welsh and Channel Islands ports c1400-c1580. In the first half of the 14th century a merchant ship arrived at the roadstead of Tallinn. Per wikipedia a brig two masted square-sailed vessel could achieve 11 knots 20 mph under best conditions which means average travel times were much slower.

Some types of medieval ships include. A ship propelled by a steam engine. Of course medieval cogs and.