DescriptionManuel Fernandes - Livro de Traças de Carpintaria - 500 tonne galleon.jpg
English: A techincal drawing of a late 16th century and early 17th century 500 tonne Portuguese galleon. Featured in the Portuguese ship-building treatise Livro de Traças de Carpintaria, or "Book of Draughts of Shipwrightry", compiled by the shipyard official Manuel Fernandes.
500 tonnes indicates the tonnage (cargo capacity) of the ship below the main deck, as per Portuguese regulations in the 16th and 17th century.
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