Lifts:
1. Lower lifts (may also be belayed adjacent to mast at deck level); 2.
Topsaillifts; 3. Topgallant lifts; 4. Royallifts. Note the position of
the yards in each case, with and without sails respectively
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Egyptian 2500-800 B.C. .
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Roman 50/300 A.D.
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13th/14th century
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14th/15th century
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15th century
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15th/16th century
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