"Turkish Sailors 16-17th Century" Topic

"Although the Ottomans had long been a power in the eastern Mediterranean, after their capture of Constantinople in 1453 they became the dominant power in that area. This set claims to depict Ottoman sailors of the 16th and 17th centuries, a period when much of the Ottoman Navy was made up of the galley, a fast and highly manoeuvrable vessel that used both sail and oar, but principally the oar. Its long slender body and shallow draft meant it was built for speed, and the use of oars meant it was not tied to the winds and could move in any direction it chose. By the 17th century, however, galleys were being supplanted by sailing ships as these could deploy many more cannon than a galley, but the Ottomans were slower than many Christian states in making this change…"

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