A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 sider "As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic."-- |
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... galleys at their own expense . Finally , a great boom of tree - trunks and iron chains was run across the Lido port between S. Nicolò and Sant ' Andrea . - Perhaps the news of these measures - and particularly of the last – was enough ...
... galleys at their own expense . Finally , a great boom of tree - trunks and iron chains was run across the Lido port between S. Nicolò and Sant ' Andrea . - Perhaps the news of these measures - and particularly of the last – was enough ...
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... galleys are less good than ours under the oar , but under sail and in every other respect they are superior , and I believe they carry larger crews . There is a vanguard and a rear- guard ; some fifty galleys to a squadron , each galley ...
... galleys are less good than ours under the oar , but under sail and in every other respect they are superior , and I believe they carry larger crews . There is a vanguard and a rear- guard ; some fifty galleys to a squadron , each galley ...
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... galleys had been held in reserve , was hurrying to the relief of the Knights . As he approached , sixteen Turkish galleys fell on him . There followed the fiercest and bloodiest encounter of the whole day . When it was over , 450 of the ...
... galleys had been held in reserve , was hurrying to the relief of the Knights . As he approached , sixteen Turkish galleys fell on him . There followed the fiercest and bloodiest encounter of the whole day . When it was over , 450 of the ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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