HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE

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CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH.

Insignificant State of the Genoese previous to the Tenth Century—rapid Advance•ment of their Consequence after that Time—their JVars with the Pisans — Con-federacy fai med with the same People against the Moors—the Genoese enter intothe Views oj the Crusaders, andfurnish them with Vessels for Hire—Descriptionef their Shipping—the Exertions of Genoa compared with those of Venice—theinert Disposition of France during the eleventh and twelfth Centuries to MaritimeAffairs—it embraces the Custom of hiring Vessels from the Genoese—Inferencesdrawn in respect to the considerable Size of the Ships employed in the Service ofKing Philip during a Part of the Fourteenth Century—Cause of the Rejection ofGallies in the Atlantic^ and the Reasons which operated to promote the Use ofCar racks, or Ships—Account of the James oj Dieppe captured by the Earl of Hun-tingdon—the total Discomfiture of the French Fleet by that of England whichKing Edward himself commanded in Person—Philip meditates the Invasion ofEngland, but the Attempt is frustrated by the previous Expedition of Edward —■fallen State of the French Marine subsequent to the Rattle of Cressy—NavalPower of Spain when divided into the Kingdoms of Arragon and Castile—Strengthof the Arragonian Marine—Attack made by it on the Island of Sicily—Defeat ofthe Neapolitan Fleet by Roger de Lauria—Reduction of the Tunisians- — Conse-quence of Arragon, and the various Successes of its Fleet—Imignificance of theCastilian Navy till the Thirteenth Century—Discomfiture of the Moors — Mari-time History of Portugal, of the Neapolitans, Saracens, Danes, Russians, andSwedes—Account of the Hanse Towns—Naval Events in the Maritime Historyof England, from the Conquest, to the Death of Edward the Third—State and:Practice of Marine Architecture at that Time..

T HE history of the Genoese has, through necessity, become much involved and’interwoven with that of the Venetians, as will frequently prove the casewith respect to other countries, between which such a frequent state of warfarehas subsisted, as almost to render any separate accountunnecessarjv It would beimmaterial to the present purpose to state any particulars relative to die origin,or ancient history of this city, even though it were not improper on the scoreof chronological arrangement. Suffice it to state briefly, that Genoa, after foUlowing the fate of the rest of Italy, and falling under the dominion of various

invaders,