That poster contains an interesting combination of old and new. The best example is the ketch, which in modern terms is fore-and-aft rigged. In the days of fighting sail a 'ketch' was almost always square rigged, and defined as having a main and a mizzen mast, and looking like a square-rigged ship without the foremast.
-The Line Of Battle, Conway's History Of The Ship Series, Glossary by Robert Gardiner
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