Fusta by Jan Huygen van Linschoten, circa 1596

Fusta with portuguese pavilion in a hand-colored engraving from jan huygen linschoten's itinerario. The caption says in dutch: fusta, which was used by the portuguese and their enemies, the malabares, for trading and warfare, and in latin swift-sailing ships or biremes, which the portuguese and their enemies, the malabars, use for war and for transporting goods. Date: circa 1596.