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The Lateen Sail in World History; I. C. CAMPBELL; University of Canterbury; T the time of the Great European Excursion in the sixteenth cen-tury, the sail known as the lateen was in use in three different regions of the world.
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The Lateen Sail in World History, pp. 1-23; I. C. Campbell; Conventional interpretations give the lateen sail an important place in the history of navigation as a transitional sail--a link between square sails and fore-and-aft sails--that Europeans adopted from the Arabs.
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TOPIC HISTORY ... triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation. The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail. ... CREATE MY lateen sail NEW DOCUMENT...
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...square sail, used with little modification from Egyptian times through the Roman Empire to the Viking long boats, with the triangular lateen sail developed in the Arab dhow and adopted in the Mediterranean, which gave it the “lateen” (Latin) association attributed to it by the northern seafarers.
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The main reasons it was chosen for the exploration of the African coast were speed and the ability to sail windward. However, the caravel’s great lateen sail required a large crew, which was dangerous because the diminutive explorer could not ... These documents are useful tools for studying the history of shipbuilding,
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Square rigged sails had the advantage of providing stability on large ships and in heavy seas, and they remained the main type of sail on European vessels until the last days of sail. However, the lateen sail provided greater maneuverability and ability to tack on rivers and in narrow waters.
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nabataea.net/sailing.html
nabataea.net/sailing.html
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History of the Dho ... For many centuries, boats that sailed on the Indian Ocean were called dhows. While there were many different types of dhows, almost all of them used a triangular or lateen sail arrangement. This made them markedly different than the ships that evolved on the Mediterranean.
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Whereas the yard of a square sail pivots on the mast and can turn easily to the required angle with the use of ropes, to swing the foot of a lateen yard behind the mast and rest the sail in another direction when the ship was already beating to windward required a great deal of strength and a large crew.
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www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ship.html
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ship.html
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The lateen sail, developed during the first millennium, was introduced to medieval Europe where it revolutionized marine travel. Combined with the less-versatile square sail, the lateen sail was crucial to the development of navigable ships powered...
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www.bookrags.com/Lateen
www.bookrags.com/Lateen
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