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Re: (Non-LEGO) Recommendation
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:30:12 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Anyone out there looking for some good, Age-of-Sail-era related reading
> material? ...
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> [snipped good recommendation]
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> Also, if any of you get the chance to visit the UK, do try to make it to
> the National
> Maritime Museum in Greenwich. It's a very short train ride from central
> London
> and is well worth it. The _Cutty Sark_, last of the great tea clippers,
> is also on
> display nearby.
It's a ship in fine shape--I only saw it at night, but it's
a very pleasant sight in the moonlight. And it's mentioned
at the DLR stop! Always a sure sign that you're important,
methinks.
> (We didn't make it down to Portsmouth on this trip (too much to see in
> London
> itself) but for sail buffs it's well worth the trip - the Royal Naval
> Museum and
> Nelson's flagship the _HMS Victory_, as well as the remnants of a ship
> built
> by Henry VIII, the _Mary Rose_.)
I didn't realise they'd dragged the whole carcass (such as it was,
which wasn't much) of the _Mary Rose_ out of its grave! Amazing.
There's a replica of the _Golden Hinde_ moored in Southwark, by the
way, as well as another Elizabethan vessel (I believe it's a replica
of Henry Hudson's _Half Moon_) that occasions the area. Isn't there
also a replica _Endeavour_ out and about Londonwise?
Incidentally, while the highly-modified first-rate _Victory_ is
definitely a must-see at Portsmouth, as are the artefacts in the
vicinity, the *real* draw ought to be HMS _Warrior._ (Why no,
I'm not particular to steam-driven, screw-propelled ironclads,
why do you ask?) It's the real deal--restored to its glory
after being spotted in use as a floating jetty about 30 years
ago. It's a gorgeous ship, only recently finished restoration,
and I've only seen the pictures...but soon, very soon. [Insert
evil laughter, etc etc]
Mmmm...Droid Escape = 8-wide smokestacks in grey and white...
best
Lindsay
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| Mr L F Braun wrote in message ... (...) I don't know about London-area, but the Endeavour replica was here in Vancouver this spring and next stop was Australia (the ship is Australian). We went on the tour and she's a really beautiful job - they (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) The inside has been modified, I fear, to be a museum - there's no way it'll ever sail again, which is a pity. There's a nice display of figureheads from various ships, though. (...) It was quite impressive - and actually, they pulled up almost (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Anyone out there looking for some good, Age-of-Sail-era related reading material? While I was in the bookstore looking for reading material to take on the plane, I came across a series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. They deal with the life of a (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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