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Merchant sailing ship types

  • CarrackThe word carrack emerged in the late 14th century as English borrowed it from Old French caraque. This term itself came from Spanish and Italian carraca…
  • KnarrThe word knarr appears in Old Norse texts with no single agreed-upon root. Scholars speculate it stems from the term for a knurl or gnarl, referencing swirls…