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Old 8th September 2014, 10:41 PM   #13
fernando
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Originally Posted by Matchlock
...Hi Nando,
The conventional type of German throwing axes had most probably been taken to, and known in, India by at least the 1520's. They may even have been copied and produced there in the 1530's.
I'm certain you have managed meanwhile to identify that 'conventional', usual type of axe re-attached below...
My bad!
I took it that your bringing about the Portuguese Bom Jesus shipwreck was specificaly connected with throwing axes, and the attachments were those included in the article linked ... and not the pictures you presented below.
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