carrack

• “I suspect, however, that they must have been nearly, if not entirely, decked over -- in fact, that they were what are now called flush-decked vessels, while probably the carrack was a frigate-built ship, or, at all events, a ship with a high poop and forecastle.”

  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

• “In the Lansd. MS., British Museum, No. 70., there is a letter from Mr. Richard Champernowne to Sir Robert Cecil, dated in 1592, referring to the discovery of some articles pillaged from the Spanish carrack, which had then recently been captured and taken into Dartmouth harbour.”

  Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850

• “He informed Heemskerk of the arrival in the straits of Malacca of an immense Lisbon carrack, laden with pearls and spices, brocades and precious-stones, on its way to Europe, and suggested an attack.”

  PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

• “The caravel, the Pinta and the huge carrack, the Santa Maria, which was known by its nickname, the Gallega.”

  Facts About Christopher Columbus | myFiveBest

• “A heavily armed small carrack might sport 2 culverins below and 5 demi-culverins on deck per side, which at that rate could sink a ship of its class but only with some work.”

  Cannon for Pathfinder « Geek Related

• “I told them about those three ships -- we imagine huge floating fortresses, but Columbus 'ships were shockingly tiny for an open ocean crossing, two small caravels and the flagship Santa María, a carrack -- making their way out of Palos that morning, on a voyage longer and more dangerous than a modern trip to the moon.”

  Jesse Larner: Some Thoughts on Columbus Day

• “And ye had well nigh met him; for here cometh his carrack.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “On January 17, 1524, Verrazzano set sail in his carrack La Dauphine.”

  Archive 2008-07-01

• “O that he had but the wealth and treasure of both the Indies to endow her with, a carrack of diamonds, a chain of pearl, a cascanet of jewels, (a pair of calfskin gloves of four-pence a pair were fitter), or some such toy, to send her for a token, she should have it with all his heart; he would spend myriads of crowns for her sake.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “Of the captured ships, only a single Stippenese transport carrack was well found and decently armed with a dozen culverins.”

  Conqueror's Moon

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