Italy: A Venetian galley under sail. Illustration from a manuscript by Michael of Rhodes (1385-1445), 1434. Michael of Rhodes, a Venetian galley commander, wrote a manuscript describing his knowledge of mathematics, ships, navigation and time reckoning. It contains some of the earliest surviving portolan aids to navigation and is the world's first known treatise on shipbuilding.
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3574 x 4937 px | 30.3 x 41.8 cm | 11.9 x 16.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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