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October 13, 2016 by Max Distro LLC

The Amazing Amalfi Coast Italy

Amalfi Coast Italy

Amalfi Coast Italy

A few years ago, we traveled around Italy and I never wrote the posts. This is the beginning of a series on Italy, beginning with the Amalfi Coast, one of the most historic and beautiful regions of Europe. To see the Amalfi Coast, we hired a private driver, a wise choice given the narrow and twisting roads, who also had a love for opera. As we crested the rise into the Amalfi Coast we were treated to Botticelli along with the spectacular view. Arguably one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, the Amalfi Coast is a 50 kilometer (31 mile) stretch along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Campania region. It is a popular holiday and tourist destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages. Deemed by Unesco to be an outstanding example of a Mediterranean landscape, the Amalfi Coast is a combination of great beauty and gripping drama: coastal mountains plunge into the sea in a stunning vertical scene of precipitous crags, picturesque towns and lush forests. During the 10th–11th centuries, the Duchy of Amalfi existed on the territory of the Amalfi Coast, centered in the town of Amalfi. The Amalfi coast was later controlled by the Principality of Salerno, until Amalfi was sacked by the Republic of Pisa in 1137. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: Amafi Coast, Amalfi, Amalfi Lemon, Cedri, Cedro, Coast of Lemons, Compass, Creammelone, Dark Ages, Femminello St. Teresa Lemon, Italy, Late Antiquity, Limoncello, Maritime Republics, Museo della Carta, Museum of Handmade Paper, Paper, Piazza Duomo, Positano, Rome, Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Santa Caterina hotel, Sfusato Amalfitan, Sophia Loren, Sorrento, Star Fruita Positano, Tabula Amalphitana, Trattoria Da Ciccio, Viagra Naturale

July 12, 2015 by Max Distro LLC

Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Entrance of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Entrance of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Almost every place that we visit near the sea, I look for a maritime museum. In Sydney, we visited the Australian National Maritime Museum and I was not disappointed. This museum has real ships, exhibits on a multitude of subjects and beautiful nautical models, paintings and instruments. In June 1985, the Australian government announced the establishment of a national museum focusing on Australia’s maritime history and the nation’s ongoing involvement and dependence on the sea. Proposals for the creation of such a museum had been under consideration over the preceding years. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into the New South Wales State government’s redevelopment of the area for the Australian bicentenary.

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Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: Australia, Australian National Maritime Museum, Charlotte Medal, Chronometer, Compass, Darling Harbor, Darling Harbour, Davis Quadrant, HMS Sirius, Lord Horatio Nelson, Octant, Pantograph, Prison Hulk York, RMS Orcades, Sextant, Ship Log, SMS Emdon, Sydney, VOC Batavia, VOC Zuytdorp

March 19, 2015 by Max Distro LLC

Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania

Aboriginal Tasmanian Canoe, Stringybark (Eucalyptus). Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania

Aboriginal Tasmanian Canoe, Stringybark (Eucalyptus). Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania

Twelve thousand years ago, sea levels were rising as the period of global glaciation ended. The land mass now known as Tasmania was cut off and the Aboriginal people living here were isolated from the Australian mainland. Before European settlement, Aboriginal Tasmanians lived in bands, each occupying a stretch of coastline and adjacent inland areas. They were hunter/gatherers who moved around the country to harvest seasonal food. As a coastal people, they relied on the sea for much of their diet. Aboriginal women collected abalone, oysters, mussels and other seafood and the remains of these make up the middens which can be found all around the Tasmanian coastline. The boat shown above was typical of the Tasmanian people. Southern Tasmania became a favoured resting and restocking place for French and English explorers journeying to the Pacific in search of new trade routes, products, land, and scientific knowledge. Aboriginal Tasmanians of the Oyster Bay and South East Tribes were the first to observe Europeans. The earliest encounter in 1772, with a French expedition led by Marion du Fresne, was marred by misunderstanding. Men from both sides were wounded and an Aboriginal was man killed. Other early visitors included Furneaux on Cook’s first Pacific voyage and Cook himself on his second voyage. Bligh also stopped over on his two attempts to obtain breadfruit from Tahiti.

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Filed Under: Australia, Maps, Museums Tagged With: Astrolabe, Carronade, Chronometer, Compass, Cook, Deck Watch, Heemskerck, Hobart, Kurt Buzard MD, Marion du Fresne, Maritime Museum of Tasmania, Octant, Sextant, Tasman, Tasmania

January 7, 2013 by Max Distro LLC

French Corsaires. Musée d’Histoire de St Malo, St Malo, France

Allegory of Water, Gobelins Workshop, 1942 (tapestry), Gromaire, Marcel (1892-1971) / Musee d'Histoire de la Ville, Saint-Malo, France

Allegory of Water, Gobelins Workshop, 1942 (tapestry), Gromaire, Marcel (1892-1971) / Musee d'Histoire de la Ville, Saint-Malo, France

The history museum tells the story of Saint-Malo and its famous residents. It is located in the keep and tower of Saint-Malo’s castle. Back in 1838, the town of Saint-Malo decided to create a collection of portraits of prominent townspeople, to include Jacques Cartier, Duguay-Trouin, Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Maupertuis (famous mathematician), Chateaubriand, Surcouf, and Lamennais (priest and philosopher). The original 19th century museum was destroyed in 1944 during the struggle to liberate the town, and the present collection, numbering over 8,500 items, is themed around the maritime history of Saint-Malo and the surrounding area, including deep-sea cod fishing in the seas of Newfoundland, maritime trade, maritime warfare featuring colorful corsair characters such as Duguay-Trouin and Surcouf, long-haul sea voyages, and ship building. I have already posted images from the museum concerning Chateaubriand and Jaques Cartier in my posts Saint Malo and Jacques Cartier, look there for these subjects.

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Filed Under: Clocks and Astrolabes, France, Museums Tagged With: Astrolabe, Backstaff, Bishop Châtillon, Compass, Corsaires, Corsairs, Dutch Sea Beggars, English Sea Dogs, Guerre de Course, Jean de Châtillon, Jean-François Roberval, Kurt Buzard MD, Letter of Marque, Lettre de Course, Madre de Deus, Musée d'Histoire de St Malo, Pirates, René Duguay-Trouin, Rio de Janeiro, Robert Surcouf, Roberto Baal, Saint Louis, Saint Malo, Sextant

July 28, 2012 by Max Distro LLC

French Maritime Museum Navigation Instruments, Paris

Ship Log, French Maritime Museum Navigation Instruments, Paris

Ship Log, French Maritime Museum Navigation Instruments, Paris

 

They have a nice collection of navigational instruments at the French Maritime Museum, so I thought I would share some with you. The little gadget shown above is called a ship log, and it is a way of determining the speed of the boat through water. This is the evolved form of throwing a chip of wood overboard and seeing how far it goes in a few seconds. In the above picture you can see a thirty second sandglass. The idea is to throw it overboard, let it float there for 30 seconds, while the ship moves away. The line has knots on it every so often and thus you can measure the speed of the boat.

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Filed Under: Clocks and Astrolabes, France, Museums, Paris Tagged With: Abraham-Louis Breguet, Astrolabe, Borda circle, Chronometer, Compass, Ferdinand Berthoud, French Maritime Museum, John Arnold, John Harrison, Kurt Buzard MD, Lattitude, Longitude, Marine Chronometer, Mendoza Circle, Musee Maritime Paris, Navigation, Nocturlabe, Octant, Pierre Le Roy, Reflecting Circle, Sextant, Ship Log, Viking Compass

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