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Monday, 14 November 2011

The navy of Siam according to Conrad Malte Brun around 1822

P. 388: “The navy was composed of a certain number of galleys of different sizes, the chief merit of which was consisted in their riched decorations. The rivers of

p. 389: Chin India have, in civil wars, been frequently the theatre of naval battles”.

Source
Conrad Malte Brun. Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, of a new plan etc. Edinburg/London, 1822.