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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait why do they call it a "viking ship", not only it was a cog, type of ship i never heard being connected to vikings but at the point of XV century viking age was long gone, it was the age of Hansa, which notably extensively used cogs - big and heavy ships made for trade.

A cog:

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And apparently it was built in The Netherlands by "viking artisans". I can see how they would deduce where it was built (from material choices?) but how do they know it was specifically built by vikings.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

No idea, especially that viking was not even a full time profession, not to mention that it was not an ethnicity. 1410 Dutch shipmakers were most likely experienced guild artisans living in a city and their activities didn't included armed coastal robbery.