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DescriptionFusta by Jan Huygen van Linschoten.jpg
English: Fusta with Portuguese pavilion in a hand-colored engraving from Jan Huygen Linschoten's Itinerario. The caption says in Dutch: Fusta, which was used by the Portuguese and their enemies, the Malabares, for trading and warfare, and in Latin Swift-sailing ships or biremes, which the Portuguese and their enemies, the Malabars, use for war and for transporting goods.
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