Aug 19, 2020
Karakoa
Many of the trading thalassocracies of the Ancient Philippines relied on swift warships like this one to maintain hegemonic control over their sea lanes.
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Karakoa
Many of the trading thalassocracies of the Ancient Philippines relied on swift warships like this one to maintain hegemonic control over their sea lanes.
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A Philippine karakoa. This illustration is found in Scott's most popular book Barangay (1994).
"But the most celebrated Visayan vessel was the warship called karakoa -- a sleek, double-ended cruiser with an elevated fighting deck amidships, and catwalks mounted on the outrigger supports to seat as many as six banks of paddlers. They displayed tall staffs of brilliant plumage fore and aft as a sign of victory, called sombol on the prow, tongol on the stern." -- William Henry Scott, Barangay