vpperworke

Updated: May 9, 2025

The foresaid ships were of an huge and incredible capacitie and receipt. For the whole Fleete was large ynough to containe the burthen of 60 thousand tunnes. The vpperworke of the said Galeons was of thicknesse and strength sufficient to beare off musket-shot.

Richard Hakluyt - The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 : England's Naval Exploits Against Spain