barques
Three-masted sailing ships
Barques is the plural of barque, a type of sailing ship with three or more masts, the rear mast rigged with fore-and-aft sails and the others with square sails.
The term appears most often in historical or literary contexts describing 19th-century merchant vessels: The harbor was crowded with barques and schooners.
Also spelled barks.
Wind-driven watercraft with masts
- mastsUpright ship poles
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- sailsWind-catching boat fabric
- hullsProtective outer coverings
decks · wooden ships · square-rigged · merchantmen · clippers · galleons · brigs · schooners
Era of wind-propelled ships
- colonial tradeExchange between colonizers, colonized
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- spice routesHistorical paths for seasoning commerce
- voyagesExtended journeys by sea
naval history · merchant marine · whaling ships · transatlantic · Cape Horn · sea captains · crews · harbors
English Romantic verse-maker
- ConradMale given name
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
Melville · ghost ships · dreamlike · poetic imagery · romantic era
sailing ships
Wind-driven watercraft with masts
hulls · decks · wooden ships · square-rigged · merchantmen · clippers · galleons · brigs · schooners · frigates
Age of Sail
Era of wind-propelled ships
- colonial tradeExchange between colonizers, colonized
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- spice routesHistorical paths for seasoning commerce
voyages · naval history · merchant marine · whaling ships · transatlantic · Cape Horn · sea captains · crews · harbors · ports
Coleridge
English Romantic verse-maker
Melville · symbolism · ghost ships · dreamlike · poetic imagery · romantic era
barquessteamships
Engine-driven water vessels
steamers · container ships · motorboats · tankers · tugboats
barquessteamships
Engine-driven water vessels
supertankers · container ships · aircraft carriers · ironclads · dreadnoughts