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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 758246" data-attributes="member: 1264"><p>Actually, I think 100 yards would be <em>plenty</em> for medieval-type trading ships. I'll try to dig up some maps for you to illustrate.</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>Argh! Of course the medieval maps don't have any scale printed on them... Ah well.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I grew up in Ghent, Belgium, which has a set of fairly narrow rivers running through it. Ghent was an important trade city during the middle ages, and had a flourishing ship trade. Here's a map (caution: BIG!)...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/belgium/ghent/maps/braun_hogenberg_I_15_b.jpg" target="_blank">http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/belgium/ghent/maps/braun_hogenberg_I_15_b.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>See those blobs in the river, especially below the fort? Those aren't islands, they're ships.</p><p></p><p>AHA! Here's a Yahoo map of the center of town, focusing on the quays where the ships would unload their cargo in the middle ages. (that's the area below and right of the fort on the medieval map; medieval map has North towards the right!) </p><p></p><p><a href="http://uk.maps.yahoo.com/py/lg:uk/lc:uk/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Gent&state=&slt=51.055600&sln=3.728600&mY=2674411&mX=697292&name=&zip=90&country=be&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=9&desc=&cs=5&newmag=10" target="_blank">http://uk.maps.yahoo.com/py/lg:uk/lc:uk/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Gent&state=&slt=51.055600&sln=3.728600&mY=2674411&mX=697292&name=&zip=90&country=be&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=9&desc=&cs=5&newmag=10</a></p><p></p><p>Note that on this scale, the river is barely 100 <em>feet</em>! It was probably a little wider in the middle ages, but 100 <em>yards</em> sounds fine to me.</p><p></p><p>Here's another small city with a river running through it, Zierzee in Holland. Notice the width of the river, compared to the church:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/zierzee.gif" target="_blank">http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/zierzee.gif</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 758246, member: 1264"] Actually, I think 100 yards would be [i]plenty[/i] for medieval-type trading ships. I'll try to dig up some maps for you to illustrate. ... Argh! Of course the medieval maps don't have any scale printed on them... Ah well. Personally, I grew up in Ghent, Belgium, which has a set of fairly narrow rivers running through it. Ghent was an important trade city during the middle ages, and had a flourishing ship trade. Here's a map (caution: BIG!)... [url]http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/belgium/ghent/maps/braun_hogenberg_I_15_b.jpg[/url] See those blobs in the river, especially below the fort? Those aren't islands, they're ships. AHA! Here's a Yahoo map of the center of town, focusing on the quays where the ships would unload their cargo in the middle ages. (that's the area below and right of the fort on the medieval map; medieval map has North towards the right!) [url]http://uk.maps.yahoo.com/py/lg:uk/lc:uk/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Gent&state=&slt=51.055600&sln=3.728600&mY=2674411&mX=697292&name=&zip=90&country=be&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=9&desc=&cs=5&newmag=10[/url] Note that on this scale, the river is barely 100 [i]feet[/i]! It was probably a little wider in the middle ages, but 100 [i]yards[/i] sounds fine to me. Here's another small city with a river running through it, Zierzee in Holland. Notice the width of the river, compared to the church: [url]http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/zierzee.gif[/url] [/QUOTE]
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