Age of Sail
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The Age of Sail is the period in European history from the mid-15th or 16th century to, at the latest, the mid-19th century, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culmina
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653, painted by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
A ship of war, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2
HMS Devastation
Windjammer
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A windjammer is a commercial sailing ship with multiple masts, however rigged. The informal term "windjammer" arose during the transition from the Age of Sail to the Age of Steam during the 19th centu
Age of Sail
…The period between the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, when sailing vessels reached their peak of size and complexity (e.g., clippers and windjammers), is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age of Sail". The second sea-going steamboat was Richard Wright's first steamboat Experiment, an ex-French…
Four-masted, iron-hulled barque Herzogin Cecilie—one of the fastest windjammers built
A New England windjammer—the Luther Little, a four-masted schooner—just after its construction in 1917