File:Bermuda rig - 17th Century woodcut.jpg

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A 17th Century woodcut of a Bermudian sailing vessel, displaying the triangular sails of the en:Bermuda rig.

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Reproduced in Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermuda or Somer Islands, 1515–1685", by Major-General John Henry Lefroy, Longmans, Green, and Co., London. 1877 (third printing by the Bermuda Historical Society and the Bermuda National Trust, 1981), and also in Sailing in Bermuda: Sail Racing in the Nineteenth Century, by J.C. Arnell.
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Source A Description of the Last Voyage to Bermudas, in the ship "Marygold," S. P. Commander (Samuel Pensax), by John Hardie. Begun November the twelfth, 1670. And ending May the third, 1671, with allowance. London. Printed for Rowland Reynald at the Sun and Bible, in the Poultrey, 1671.
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  • 2007-02-17 15:52 Aodhdubh 658×649×8 (178582 bytes) == Summary == ==Description== An 17th Century woodcut of a Bermudian sailing vessel, displaying the triangular sails of the [[Bermuda rig]]. ==Source== Reproduced in ''Sailing in Bermuda: Sail Racing in the Nineteenth Century'', by J.C. Arnell. == Licen

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