A vivid description of boats of several times, ancient, renaissance and modern
Quinquereme of Nineveh — with a cargo of ivory and apes and peacocks, sandalwood, cedar wood and sweet white wine— with a cargo of diamonds, emeralds, amethysts, topazes and cinnamon and gold moidores.— with a cargo of Tyne coal, road-rail, pig-lead, firewood, iron-ware and cheap tin trays.
