Every seen a cannon fly? Today I did and it was awesome!
Although I haven’t updated about it in a while, the Artifacts in the Park project is still ongoing. For those who haven’t caught one of my earlier posts about the project, people can sponsor an object in our collection, generally cannons and anchors. These objects then get cleaned up, repainted and put out in the park with a plaque for visitors to enjoy. We have a number out already and more being worked on. The objects can be seenhere.
For November I decided to make one of our beautiful figureheads the artifact of the month. Choosing one was rather difficult as they are all wonderful in their own ways, but eventually I picked that of Galatea.
I’ve found that, like Galatea here, a lot of figureheads get their names from mythology. There are two myths that go along with Galatea, the first stating that she was a beautiful sea goddess/nymph who was in love with a man named Akis. The cyclops Polyphemus was in love with Galatea and jealous of the young Akis, crushed him beneath a rock. In her grief, Galatea turned Akis into a stream.
Hello readers, and welcome back to the Library blog. Close to two weeks ago, Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard of the United States, impacting our lives from the Carolinas to Boston. While each person lost during this disaster is keenly felt, perhaps no single story is more relevant to maritime history than the tragic loss of the HMSBountyand two of her crew. For the families of Claudene Christian and Robin Walbridge, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
What makes the HMSBountyso special is that she was created out of period-correct materials, with the same tools they would have had back then and with the original building plans from the first HMSBounty. The modern ship was not just a replica: it was an authentic rebuilding of the same ship, right down to the hand-bend nails in her keel. Constructed for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty,” the tall ship HMSBountyhas since served in many motion pictures and as a unique piece of living history for the coastal cities of Britain, Europe and the United States.
Hello readers, and welcome back to the Library blog. Many of the posts on this blog over the past few months have concerned the SSUnited States. While this blog will by no means abandon the proud ship as a subject matter, it will nonetheless begin to focus on a new topic: Maritime Piracy. Piracy is an issue that comes up frequently in our news, especially in the past few years. Just yesterday, naval forces from France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands worked together to catch numerous pirates that had stolen boats and taken hostages in the Gulf of Aden. Read the full articleHERE!
During the American Civil War, the Confederates deployed several small ships of war as commerce raiders, bent on damaging the Union’s trade routes. Since the Confederate government was not officially recognized by the United States government, these commerce raiders were seen as pirates by Union ships. Perhaps no raider is as famous as the CSSAlabama, a British-built sloop-of-war that terrorized Union shipping all over the world. In fact, First Mate Joshua P. Atkins from theT.B. Wales申请保险索赔,他失去了财产时n the CSSAlabamacaptured and burned his ship on November 8th1863.
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