Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea. They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle. Lakatoi (whose literal meaning is three dugouts) are fashioned from two or more...
Austronesian vessels are the traditional seafaring vessels of the Austronesian peoples of Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. They also include indigenous ethnic minorities in...
The Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA). Its nickname is the Lakatois, which is a Motuan sailing vessel. Their home ground is the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, located in Port...
A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size. The wide distance between a catamaran's hulls imparts stability through resistance to rolling and overturning; no ballast is required. Catamarans typically...
A ship of the line, also known as a line-of-battle ship or sail of the line, is a type of warship which was built between the 17th and mid-19th centuries during the Age of Sail. Originating in Western and Southern Europe, ships of the line were...
A carrack (Portuguese: nau; Spanish: nao; Catalan: carraca) is a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship that was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Europe, most notably in Portugal and Spain. Evolving from the single-masted cog, the...
Hiri is the name for the traditional trade voyages that formed an important part of the culture of the Motu people of Papua New Guinea.
A fluyt (archaic Dutch: fluijt "flute"; Dutch pronunciation: [flœyt] ) is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated cargo vessel. Originating in the Dutch Republic in the 16th century, the vessel...
British New Guinea (BNG) was a protectorate and later Crown colony within the British Empire from 1884 to 1902. It comprised the south-eastern portion of the island of New Guinea, largely corresponding to the southern portion of present-day Papua...
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in the early 16th century from ships such as the caravel and the carrack, in Portugal and in Spain. They were first used by Europeans as armed cargo carriers from the 16th to 18th centuries...
