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title: Corbita Sailboat
author: Jan van der Crabben
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15083/corbita-sailboat/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Corbita Sailboat

_Authored by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/)_

## Image File

[![Corbita Sailboat](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15083.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15083.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) marble relief showing a small two-masted coastal sailing vessel called *corbita*, as well as its sailour. Found at [Carthage](https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/) and possibly made in [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/) Proconsularis (modern-day Tunisia) circa 200 CE.

Corbita boats had two sails, most likely made out of cloth and leather reinforcement at the corners. Boats such as this would have carried out significant amounts of trading around the Mediterraneanan, sailing in coastal waters from harbour to harbour.

British Museum, London, UK. GR 1850.3-4.32.

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## About the Author

Jan is the Founder & Chairman of World History Encyclopedia and is the organisation's Director of Design & Technology. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College, and he has worked in the field of history-related digital media since 2006.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janvdc)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Crabben, J. v. d. (2022, January 05). Corbita Sailboat. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15083/corbita-sailboat/>
### Chicago
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### MLA
Crabben, Jan van der. "Corbita Sailboat." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Jan 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15083/corbita-sailboat/>.

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