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Article: Shipbuilding and Navigation
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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SHIPBUILDING AND NAVIGATION
SHIPBUILDING AND NAVIGATION.
A revolutionary change in the design and construction of seagoing sailing ships occurred around 1400. The two established European shipbuilding traditions, one Mediterranean and the other northern, merged in the production of the full-rigged ship. From the north the rounded tubby hull form of the cog, the sternpost rudder, and the large square sail for driving the ship were combined with the abutting or carvel hull planking and the lateen sail of the south. Full-rigged ships carried three masts with a large square sail on the mainmast, a triangular lateen sail on the mizzen, and a small square sail on the foremast to balance ...