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Portuguese Carracks ("Naus")

BARATA, Jaime Martins, "O Navio São Gabriel e as Naus Manuelinas", RUC, Coimbra, 1969, vol. XXIV (I Reunião de História da Náutica), 443-474 (reed. Coimbra: AECA, 1970, sep. XXXIX).
BARROS, Eugénio Estanislau de, Traçado e Construção das Naus Portuguesas dos Séculos XVI e XVII, Lisboa: Imprensa da Armada, 1933.
ESPARTEIRO, Com. António Marques, Três Séculos no Mar (1640-1910), II Parte (Naus e Navetas), Lisboa: Ministério da Marinha, 1975-1977.
SILVA, A. Baldaque da, Notícia Sobre a Nau 'S. Gabriel' em que Vasco da Gama foi pela Primeira Vez à Índia, Lisboa, 1892.

See also:

General Views of Portuguese Nautical Science
Portuguese Routes and Scales (Nautical Aspects)
Nautical Aspects of the Portuguese Route to India
Oceanic Navigation and its Physical Conditions
Portuguese Shipbuilding and Shipyards in the 14th-17th C.
Vasco da Gama and the Discovery of the Sea Route to India
Nautical Aspects of Vasco da Gama's First Voyage
Trade. Routes / Ports / Transport (Portuguese Expansion)
The Portuguese Trade and the Route to India
Portuguese Galleons ("Galeões")
Artillery in Portuguese Expansion and Seafaring

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