Ships in Bottles by Tom Netsel

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America
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Winner in 1851 of the cup race that now bears its name.

Brigantine
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Square and fore-and-aft rigged sails helped these agile ships at sailing down wind or into the wind.

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HMS Franklin

Galleon
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A Spanish vessel of the 15th-Century in a three-inch bottle.

Baltimore Clipper
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Fast, agile sailing vessel popular with merchants and free-booters alik

Franklin & Baltick
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American and British schooners that tangled during the US Revolutionary War.

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American Schooner Baltick

Puritan
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Winner of the America's Cup in 1885.

Five-Masted Schooner
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Fifty-six five -masted schooners were built on the US East Coast during 1888-1920

 

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Cutter
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A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged work boat in a four-inchl triangular bottle.

Three-Masted Schooner
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Fast, agile merchant vessel, small crew, good for coastal waters and often used for hauling lumber.