Patache

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Pa`tache´

(Naut.) A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The 1634 (new style) entries include a ledger of expenses and profits for a voyage to Lisbon, by a zabra (or patache (44)) named Nuestra Senora de la Antigua and commanded by Jacobe de Gastaneta.

The Basque Seal Trade with Labrador in the Seventeenth Century

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