We now have select Marisstella kits in stock!
We expanded our selection and added these beatiful kits of the Adriatic Sea ship.
Ragusian Galleon "Argosy" 1:59
First galleons of the 16th century were primarily warships. A big galleon in the beginning of the 17th century had three or four masts and a bowsprit. Under the bowsprit stretched a sprit sail. A fore mast's height was ¾ of the waterline's length and carried three sails. A main mast was as tall as the waterline length and carried three sails as well. A small mizzen mast was located in the middle of a poop deck and it was as tall as half of the main mast and it carried one lateen sail. Sometimes there was a fourth mast, bonaventure mizzen. It also carried a lateen sail. On each mast there was a crow's nest.
The word "argosy" is derived from the 16th century city Ragusa (now Dubrovnik, Croatia) which was a major naval power at that time.
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Ragusian Carrack 1:59
The word
carrack most likely comes from an Arabic word for a merchant ship: qaraqir. Carracks first appeared in Venice in the early 14th century and began to be built in Ragusa (modern day Dubrovnik, Croatia) as the largest cargo ships in Adriatic Sea. By the 15th century, carracks spread from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean Sea, and, by the end of the 15th century to the Atlantic Ocean. By that time these ships were also built by Spain, Portugal, France and the Netherlands. In the 16th century Ragusian carracks were among the largest ships in the world and sailed as far as England.
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16th century Ragusian Cog 1:48
Cog was a merchant and a warship of North, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. It had a tall main mast and, sometimes, short fore and mizzen masts. In the bow there was a massive forecastle with almost horizontal triangular deck.
One distinctive feature of this model is big hatches in the sides for loading horses and cattle as this was a vessel for transporting troops.
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Bracera 1:32
Bracera (or Brazzera) is a Croatian sailing cargo ship, whose hull is between 15 and 17 meters long. This ship appeared in the sixteenth century as a logical result of evolution of an old cargo ship - navis rotunda.The first written record of this ship on the Croatian Adriatic comes in 1556 from Venetian sources.
There is no solid source of origin of her name. Researchers have come to different conclusions. Some of them thought that her name came from the island of Brac, where it was created, while others think it was named after its main propulsion method - rowing:
brachium or
braccio which mean arm muscles.
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Picenian Ship Novilara 1:35
These Picenian ships were built in the 6th century BC along the coast of present day Croatia and Italy by Picentes and Liburnians. The ships sailed the entire Adriatic Sea and were used for both trade and warfare.
Archaeologists were able to reconstruct an image of what these ships looked like from a stone tablet found near ancient Pisaurum (modern day Pesaro in Italy). This ancient tablet shows a battle between Picene and Liburnian fleets, both using these same ships.
This model of a Picenian Ship has a
rostrum (a ram) which was used to pierce the hulls of enemy ships in battle.
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Liburnian Monoreme 1:63
Liburna was a small galley used for raiding from the 8th to the 1st century BC. It was named after the Liburnians, a pirate tribe from Dalmatia, who were the original designers of this ship. Later, these ships were adopted into their fleet by the Romans.
These vessels were characterized by their high manoeuvrability and speed. They became so well known that over time the name
liburna became a synonym for a warship.
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