The Venetian Response: The Inauguration of the Great Galley (1)

Chapter 2 of my new series, The Golden Fleece Quest, . Part I: The Flanders Galleys on the Route to  the  Foggy Albion, has been thoroughly edited, and is ready. I kept the original outline and added a new conclusion called The Same but Different. 
The chapter is 12,800 words long and includes 80 notes. For the first time, I added 10 AI-generated illustrations. I plan to upload it to my Academia site in a week, as I want to give Chapter 1 more time to gain views. So far, it has already reached 290 views.


1. A New Design

2. A Specialized Ship

3. The Galley as a Sailer

3a. The Open-Sea Crossing 

3b. Around the Clock and Against Opposing Winds

3c. In Flat Calms

4. The Galley as a Warship

5. The Galley as a Freighter

6. Life Expectancy

 7. Nobile sopra l’incanto

7a. The State Involvement

7b. The Applicants

7c. The Patriciate

8. All the King’s Men

8a. The Captain

8b. The Patron and his Mates

8c. The Specialists

8d. The Galeotti

The Same but Different


I have started working on Chapter 3, where I will cover the technical aspects of Flanders galleys' voyages. I am also putting together an outline for a Zoom lecture based on Chapter 1 for my Russian audience at the New Israeli Scientific Society. Right now, I am reading John F. Guilmartin's book, "Gunpowder and Galleys," which I found in an online library.

 


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