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Added a photograph of a dhow. Mar 24, 2021
Add new Web site: Academia - The Mediterranean Lateen Sail in Late Antiquity. Oct 12, 2016
Add new Web site: University Of Hawai'i Press - Journal of World History - The Lateen Sail in World History. Oct 12, 2016
Media added. Apr 29, 2011
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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