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"jogar dois falcões por proa e dois berços por banda"

English translation: falconet

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Portuguese term or phrase:falcão
English translation:falconet
Entered by: Robert Prest (X)

21:48 Oct 24, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: "jogar dois falcões por proa e dois berços por banda"
De um texto histórico: "Tratado Descriptivo do Brasil", de Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) :

"Todas as vezes que cumprir ao serviço de Sua Majestade, se ajuntarão na Bahia 1.400 embarcações, sendo de 45 para 70 palmos de quilha, cem embarcações muito fortes, em cada uma das quais ***podem jogar dois falcões por proa e dois berços por banda.*** De 44 até 35 palmos de quilha se ajuntarão oitocentas embarcações, nas quais ***pode jogar pelo menos um berço de proa***. E se cumprir ajuntarem-se as mais pequenas, haverá trezentos barcos de 34 palmos de quilha para baixo, e mais de duzentas canoas, e todas essas embarcações muito bem remadas. "

Obs.: Acho que "falcão" se refere a uma peça de artlilharia, mas ainda não entendi a frase completa.

Agradeço desde já.....
Robert Prest (X)
Brazil
Local time: 17:39
install two falconet cannons in the bows and two berco guns per deck
Explanation:
The falconet or falcon was a light cannon developed in the late 15th century. During the Middle Ages guns were decorated with engravings of reptiles, birds or beasts depending on their size - hence the name "falcão".
The "berço" was a small smooth bored breech-loading cannon much used by the Portuguese on their sailing ships and for defendig terrestrial forts throughout the sixteenth century. This type of gun was known as a berco in English.
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\"jogar dois falcões por proa e dois berços por banda\"
install two falconet cannons in the bows and two berco guns per deck


Explanation:
The falconet or falcon was a light cannon developed in the late 15th century. During the Middle Ages guns were decorated with engravings of reptiles, birds or beasts depending on their size - hence the name "falcão".
The "berço" was a small smooth bored breech-loading cannon much used by the Portuguese on their sailing ships and for defendig terrestrial forts throughout the sixteenth century. This type of gun was known as a berco in English.

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