10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATEEN»
Discover the use of
lateen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lateen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Age of Reconnaissance
The caravels which Prince Henry dispatched to explore and trade along the West
African coast were probably two-masted lateen-rigged vessels, but later in the
century three-masted caravels became common, and might carry square sails ...
2
Viator Medieval and Renaissance Studies
... yardarm to which the sail is attached, in the case of the medieval
Mediterranean lateen or the modern Sailfish. Fore-and-aft rigs come in a variety
of shapes, but the medieval Mediterranean lateen was triangular, and this too
was an asset.
University of California, Los Angeles, 1979
3
The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats
Types: Figure 41: Single-masted, lateen-rigged merchant ship (Type Ilia). Figure
42: Two-masted, lateen-rigged merchant ship (Type IIlb). Figure 43: Eight single-
masted, lateen-rigged merchant ships (Type Ilia). Figure 44: Two single-masted,
...
4
The sailing boat: a description of English and foreign boats
THE LATEEN (OR LATINE) RIG. This is one of the prettiest and most elegant
modes of rigging a pleasure boat of any that is known. A lateen- rigged boat
never fails to win admirers, if the sails are true lateens, well cut, and fairly set. But
there is ...
Henry Coleman Folkard, 1870
5
The Portuguese Caravel and European Shipbuilding: Phases of ...
mast could carry a lateen or a square sail, and in the latter case both the fore and
main course were square. The mizzen was naturally lateen. (158) Such rigs in
fact, the redonda rigs, had been enjoying predominance in larger caravels, ...
Martin Malcolm Elbl, 1985
6
To Harness the Wind: A Short History of the Development of Sails
Some of the larger carracks were equipped with an additional lateen mounted on
a fourth mast, called the bonaventure, and located aft of the mizzenmast; the
lateen mizzen was a drive (propulsion) sail and the bonaventure lateen was the ...
7
Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early ...
George Fadlo Hourani John Carswell. This leaves us with three possible areas,
the Mediterranean, the western half of the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific. Leaving
aside the Pacific for the moment, we may consider whether this type of lateen is ...
George Fadlo Hourani, John Carswell, 1995
8
The Ancient Sailing Season
In sharp contrast to the relatively undemanding nature of the ancient square sail,
the lateen can be a notoriously dicult rig to operate. Often considered by seamen
to be one of the most graceful of sailing rigs, the triangular, or near-triangular, ...
9
Serçe Limani: An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, The Ship ...
nant rig in the Mediterranean at least as early as the ninth century and very
possibly earlier, particularly in view of the fact that many of the early Byzantine
manuscript miniatures depicting lateen sails were probably copied from earlier
works.
George F. Bass, Sheila Matthews, J. Richard Steffy, 2004
10
Science and Technology in Medieval European Life
The calmer, more variable winds present in the Mediterranean required a
differently shaped sail known as the lateen. The advantage of the lateen was that
it permitted the ship to travel much closer to the wind (as near as possible in the
exact ...
Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATEEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lateen is used in the context of the following news items.
Island County Habitat joins forces with Oak Harbor company to build …
The three-bedroom residence is one of four Habitat for Humanity homes being built on Lateen Street. What makes the Brown project unique is ... «Whidbey News-Times, Jul 15»
Celebrating 130 years of the first regular Gozo-Malta mail service
Gleneagles and Princess Melita provided the steamer service until World War I, running in parallel with the lateen boats, whose monopoly of ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
The Affordable Way to Sail to Mozambique's Secret Island Paradise
Introduced to Africa by Arab traders, the isosceles sails of the lateen-rigged dhows are a millennium-old feature of the continent's Indian Ocean ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
MDI Open is a show of watery delights
Ellen Kappes' delicate little scene of a sail-dotted Western Way and Maggie Johnson's brightly painted lateen rig making its way out of Somes ... «Mount Desert Islander, May 15»
It's Character Boats From The Isle of Man To Achill Island
Well, there is a distinct species of local vessel in Achill Sound known as the Achill yawl which, with a single-sail lug rig which is almost a lateen, ... «Afloat, May 15»
David T. Alexander: Ships on World Coins!
... 26mm copper-nickel 100 fils struck in 1961 for the newly independent Amirate of Kuwait, presenting a rakish lateen-rigged dhow sailing left. «CoinWeek, May 15»
The Orient's Fall - by Gregory Noonan, age 17
It had stark white lateen sails, triangular in shape, the design borrowed from the lithe and agile Mediterranean vessels. Lateen sails allowed for ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
Pinta and Nina replicas to land in Morehead City
... a caravela redonda, square sails on the main and foremast for sailing downwind, in addition to lateen (triangular) sails on the mizzenmasts. «Carolinacoastonline, Apr 15»
New beginnnings
Certainly lateen sails, of the type often associated with Arab dhows and eastern Mediterranean water craft, which can be sailed into the wind, ... «Otago Daily Times, Mar 15»
Hundreds of visitors to the 38th Beaulieu Boatjumble enjoyed free …
Columnist Sam Llewellyn: Revision for lateen scholars. Monthly musings from Andrew Simpson: Leave the raft until last. Reader offer: 15% OFF Beaulieu ... «Practical Boat Owner Magazine, Mar 15»
