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Definition of Caracks
1. carack [n] - See also: carack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caracks
Literary usage of Caracks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"The Dromon.—The Galeasse.—The Coque.— caracks and Galleons.—Francis I.'s
Great Carack.—Caravelles.—The Importance of a Fleet. —Hired Fleets. — Poop Guards. ..."
2. An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had by William Robertson (1835)
"To every considerable staple in the Mediterranean a certain number of large
vessels, known by the name of Galleons, or caracks, was fitted out on the public ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"But the caracks (said they of Flores) were gone by, ... so on the other side, if
knowing that the caracks were passed, if yet they staid, ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"But the caracks (said they of Flores) were gone by, before their comming hither,
for the safetie whereof, they had commandement to stay if need were, ..."
5. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1906)
"But the caracks (said they of Flores) were gone by, before their comming hither,
... so on the other side, if knowing that the caracks were passed, ..."
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