by Brittany | Apr 28, 2021 | Blog
Maritime Museum of BC, 989.246.0001 This chair was built in 1962, and is said to be from the wood of Almirante di Florencia, a galleon in the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada was famous fleet of Spanish vessels that tried to invade England in 1588. They were...
by Brittany | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Collections Insights
Maritime Museum of BC, 3153 This item is a Photostat copy of a 1775 map of Newfoundland and Labrador. This map was recorded from surveys done by Captain James Cook, the famed British Naval Captain and Navigator. Surveying is a scientific measurement of features of...
