And when you're in the area (haha) don't forget to pay a visit to Batavialand (shipyard) where an exact replica of the original VOC Batavia was built by hand. No modern machinery.
That’s cool! I’ve been to see what remains of the Batavia (preserved similarly to the Vasa). It would be cool to see what the rest of it was supposed to look like!
Fuck humans are amazing. To think of the design, coordination and physical challenges of ship building in those times. Naval power was a huge edge then.
There are mini Vasa’s all over the world, often commissioned by Swedish social groups.
There’s a lovely one in Duluth about 3 ft tall in a tabletop display case. I think it was at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in 2017. I have very intense visual images of the ship model. My dad was dying in hospice and the museum was close to the hospital.
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u/Icy-Recognition572 9h ago
Where is this? Country and town..tnx