ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACK 



masts are stepped on the main deck, and not like 

 the mainmast, on the keel. The measurements are 

 given in * palmi/ or spans of about nine and a-half 

 inches each. 



A Venetian Merchantman (section), . . . 376 



A Venetian Merchantman (measurements), . . 384 



Sailing Chart of the Mediterranean, . . . 512 



Reproduced by permission of Prince Trivulzio from the 

 original in his collection at Milan. The chart bears 

 the inscription, * Jacobus Russus Messanensis me 

 fecit in nobili civitate Messane, Anno Domini 

 1564.' These charts were drawn on sheepskin or 

 vellum, and many of them were beautifully illumi- 

 nated. 



