From French admiral François-Edmond Pâris’s “Souvenirs de Marine Conservés,” this is an oar-powered galley of 22 banks of rowers from the Black Sea.
Black Sea Galley
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This is a drawing of a galley from the Baltic Sea.
Thanks for your attention to our page. My French is pretty rusty, thus the direct translation of “mer noire” to Black Sea. Can you provide me with the source that labels it as a Baltic Sea vessel so I can make the correction? Thanks, Jim