... prehistory and the ancient world to fill in gaps of their knowledge of the development of ancient ships. Many ancient ships of widely different shipbuilding traditions, Roman vessels of the classical period, for instance, carried a weathervane or pennant on their masts and used a side rudder in the same positions as the Nordic ship's (Le Bon, 394-396). The ship brought the ... and Mediaeval Mercantile Shipping." Speculum 41 (1966): 279-296. Poole, Russell. "Skaldic Verse and Anglo-Saxon History: Some Aspects of the Period 1009-1016. Speculum 62 (1987): 265-298. Rodger, N. A. M. "Notes a...

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