Barouche Barouche A barouche is a large, open, four-wheeled carriage, both heavy and luxurious, drawn by two horses. It was fashionable throughout the 19th century. Its body provides seats for four passengers, two back-seat passengers vis-à-vis two behind the coachman's high box-seat. A leather roof can be raised to give back-seat passengers some protection from the weather. "Barouche" is an anglicisation of the German word "barutsche", via the Italian "baroccio" or "biroccio" and ultimately from the ancient Roman Empire's Latin "birotus", "two-wheeled". The name thus became a misnomer, as the later form of the carriage had four wheels. This is an
HMS Phaeton (1782) up. The Nagasaki Harbour Incident plays a role in the novel "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell. However this depiction is highly fictionalised; the ship in the novel is "HMS Phoebus", the incident occurs in 1800 and finding no Dutch ships the "Phoebus" of the novel bombards Dejima. The Nagasaki Harbour Incident plays a role in the novel "Blood of Tyrants" by Naomi Novik. This depiction is historical fantasy; the Japanese sink HMS "Phaeton" with dragons stationed at Nagasaki at the time. Notes Citations References HMS Phaeton (1782) HMS "Phaeton" was a 38-gun, "Minerva"-class fifth rate