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Description: | SPANISH VESSEL OF THE 15TH CENTURY. TYPE OF VESSEL IN WHICH COLUMBUS CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN 1492. FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MRS ABRAHAM DIXON. PRESENTED TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL BY HER DAUGHTERS IN 1912.
Rectangular plaque attached to a wooden mount with four metal pins at the corners, for the full hull model of a Venetian cocca or cog (circa 1525).
CA: ABA.
The model depicts a vessel measuring approximately 100 feet in length by 35 feet in the beam and weighing 200 tons burden. It is the four-masted rig with a combination of lateen and square sails that began to evolve in northern Europe and lasted well into the early part of the 17th century.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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