Quote Originally Posted by Marten View Post
Nope, you are right about the merchant man. I knew i've seen one of these ships anyhere ... here it is:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images..._59.534.23.jpg

Pieter Bruegel painted it, so it was a real used ship type. Description is: 2 ships of war and a 4 masted merchant.
Thats a "Nau" in my country...i suppose a Carrack in english.

I suppose that different denominations for certain ship types can make it all a bit confusing. For instance Marten spoke of galleys...but those werent used on transoceanic voyages...a galleass perhaps (thats basically a galeon or a carrack with oars also) but i still find that unlikely.

V.