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An Egyptian Ship of the 12th Dynasty

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It is possible that ships of this type were able, under ideal conditions, to make a little headway, while under sail, against the wind. It was not for many, many centuries, however, that sailing ships were able definitely to make much headway in that direction.

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Ships of the seven seas
By Hawthorne Daniel
Contributor: Franklin D Roosevelt
Published 1925
Available from gutenberg.org or archive.org
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