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>>Gerardo >> >>Do you have the links to these plates? >> >>Cy >> >>>Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, plate 36 (privateer >>>frigate): shows 3 pdr. "special mounted" swivels (the >>>frigate is designed to mount 32, with 20 x 6 pdr and >2 >>>x 4 pdr. carriage guns. >>>At plates 34 and 35 (other privateer frigates) >Chapman >>>talked about 3 pdr. and 4 pdr. carriage guns; at >>>plates 37, 38 and 40 (different privateers) mentioned >>>3 pdr. swivels and at plate 39 3 pdr. carriage guns. >>>At plate 36 is a draught of a slide-mounted 18 >>pounder. >>>I expect this can help (the plates are visible in >>>internet) >>>Bye >>>Gerardo > >Dover Books republished <i>Architectura Navalis >Mercatoria</i> in 2006 and I imagine that it is easty >to obtain. Unfortunately it is softbound and the >prints, which are beautiful to look at, are laid down >at right angles to the spine and the binding is so >tight that they can't be easily looked at without >breaking the spine. I was so interested in the >drawings that I almost decided to break the spine and >remove the pages—but I restrained myself. As a result >I have a perfectly preserved copy that I can't scan >through comfortably. Possibly the on-line version is a >better bet. > >John Tredrea

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