Watercraft

The boats that transported people across the river and up and downstream, between Almourol and Lisbon are not well know to us.  The typologies of the Tagus watercraft have been thoroughly studied by Carlos Carvalho from the 18th century onward, but before that time we can only guess.

Strabo refers…

Dugouts seem to appear around…

During the iron Age Santarém was visited by peoples from the Mediterranean…

Romans certainly sailed up the Tagus River, to Santarém…

The boats and ships of the Middle Ages are largely unknown in the area…

In the Renaissance Santarém was part of the widening world brought about by the European expansion into the Atlantic and beyond.

In the late 16th century father Fernando Oliveira refers the boats that ensured the communication between Santarém and Lisbon: …