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Ocean-going ships are improving at this | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL

Down the African coast

Ocean-going ships are improving at this period (the era of the caravel), but the sheer difficulty faced by the sailors is well suggested by the long struggle to get round Cape Bojador - a promontory only about 150 miles...

Ocean-going ships are improving at this | HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

Down the African coast

Ocean-going ships are improving at this period (the era of the caravel), but the sheer difficulty faced by the sailors is well suggested by the long struggle to get round Cape Bojador - a promontory only about 150 miles...

Antony draws his ships up in | HISTORY OF CLEOPATRA

Actium and after

Antony draws his ships up in line, with Cleopatra and her squadron in the rear. Much of the treasure of Egypt, essential to pay for fleet and army, is on board with her. The exact course of the battle is not known, but i...