The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Gondola

Sea Terms

A rowing barge used on the canals of Venice.

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2026 Editor's Note: Venice's gondola is unchanged — still built left-leaning so one oarsman can drive her straight, still black by a 1562 sumptuary law. See gondola. (Ed: BR 2026-07-14)

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