This has been successfully accomplished by the adoption of the lateen triangular ... of the work 29,315 sailing vessels measuring 8,894,732 register tons (against 29,348 ships and 9,136,560 ...

Two-masted lateen sail crafts traditionally strung from reed or papyrus, feluccas carried emperors, tradesmen, and travelers through north Africa for millennia. Sail in royal style between the ...