Tartane
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A tartane (also tartan, tartana) was a small ship used both as a fishing ship and for coastal trading in the
square sail was generally hoisted like a cross jack
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- The Imperial Dictionary, New Edition, Volume 4. London: Blackie & Son. p. 311.
- Holland, Rupert Sargent (2004). Historic Ships. Kessinger Publishing. p. 382. . Retrieved 2007-11-23
- A Treatise on Insurances by Balthazard Marie Émérigon, Samuel Meredith, p330-331. Google book search.