Dur Écu has just previously lauded Albert Manucy’s biography of Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. One useful appendix of that book (although not labeled as such) is the author’s description of “Some 16th Century Vessels.” This includes two pages of text describing various types of ships and boats of the period and two pages of profile line drawings showing showing the appearance of several types.
This section of Manucy’s book will prove quite useful in working-out naval aspects of LF. Here are the types described:
Narrow Hulls: Galera; Galeota; Bergantin; Fragata; Galeaza; and Galeón.
Broad-beamed Ships: Nao, návio; Caravela.
Smaller Craft: Barco; Patache; Zabra; Chalupa; Pinaza; and Lancha.
Source: Manucy, Albert C. Florida's Menéndez: Captain General of the Ocean Sea. St. Augustine, Fla.: St. Augustine Historical Society, 1983.
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