Galley
A galley is a type of ship. Galleys use rowing to move. The first galleys were using in Ancient Egypt, during the Old Kingdom (c. 2700-2200 BCE).
Galley Media
Colorized engraving of a French galley (27 pairs of oars) built according to the design that was standard in the Mediterranean from the early 17th century; Henri Sbonski de Passebon, 1690
United States ships at the Battle of Valcour Island depicting several "row galleys" similar in function but based on very different designs from Mediterranean galleys; watercolor by Charles Randle
Drawing of warships (pointed bows) and trade ships (rounded bows); based on a wall relief from the Southwest Palace at Nineveh, circa 700 BC.
3rd-century depiction of an actuaria from the Altiburus mosaic. A figure is beating the time for the rowers with a mallet.
Animated 3D model of the basic hull structure of a Venetian "galley of Flanders", a large trading vessel of the 15th century. The reconstruction by archaeologist Courtney Higgins is based on measurements given in contemporary ship treatises.
A Roman naval bireme in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste built c. 120 BC, (in the Museo Pio-Clementino).
Painting of the Battle of Haarlemmermeer of 1573 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.
The first known depiction of a galley with a fixed, forward-facing centerline cannon; woodcut by Erhard Reuwich from Peregrinatio in terram sanctam ("Pilgrimage to the Holy Land"), 1486.
The Battle of Lepanto in 1571, naval engagement between allied Christian forces and the Ottoman Turks; unknown painter, late 16th century,
