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Some time passed, when, their preparations being nearly completed, a small, fast, rowing vessel, called a fusta, carrying sails as well as oars, was seen approaching Vasco da Gama's ship, and would have been received without suspicion had not the faithful fishermen again warned him that treachery was intended.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Està construïda amb materials locals, en què hi destaca la fusta.
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Christian Emperor, were there not those others, the Knights of Malta, who, under the leadership of Villiers de L'lsle Adam, swept the tideless sea in an unceasing and relentless hostility to every nef, fusta, and galley which flew the flag of the Prophet?
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey
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But they were absolutely helpless and hopeless, knowing nothing of their whereabouts, for in all those two months they had had no glimpse of land, -- so that when at last they caught sight of an armed fusta, they were "much troubled," supposing it to be a Moorish cruiser.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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'San Juan de Letran;' the galley 'San Christoval,' and the _fusta_
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Within it there was another canoe made out of a single tree like the others, like a _fusta_ with 17 benches.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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The governor left Manila October seventeen, with six royal galleys, one galleon, one fusta, one fragatin, and a number of fragatas, caracoas, and vireys -- different varieties of craft of the natives of the country.
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It was therefore arranged that the Jew should go in his own fusta, manned by Portuguese, and that several boats should follow, with the crews well armed.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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They were all immediately killed, while the fusta went about destroying the hapless wretches who were in the water.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The Captain-Major now ordered Nicolas Coelho, who was in the other ship, to come with a boat full of armed men, on the side where the fusta lay, and to board and capture her crew.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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