Xebec

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Invention

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the Barbary states (Algeria). It was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Xebec”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Jean Baugean, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.