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The word "vase" in the 17th century had the primary meaning of "fascine" and also "sheaf" in a heraldic context. [13] Vasa became the most widely recognised name of the ship, largely because the Vasa Museum chose this form of the name as its 'official' orthography in the late 1980s. This spelling was adopted because it is the form preferred by ...
The head on the beakhead of the 17th-century warship Vasa. The toilets are the two square box-like structures on either side of the bowsprit. On the starboard side, there are still minor remnants of the original seat. In sailing vessels, the head is the ship's toilet.
Vasco da Gama (/ ˌ v æ s k u d ə ˈ ɡ ɑː m ə,-ɡ æ m ə / VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə; [1] [2] European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea.
Regalskeppet Vasa sank in lake Mälaren in 1628 and was lost until 1956. She was then raised intact, in remarkably good condition, in 1961 and is presently on display at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. At the time she was the largest Swedish warship ever built. [12] Today the Vasa Museum is the most visited museum in Sweden. [citation needed]
Life on board the four-deck wooden boat was luxurious. The tourists enjoyed a plush lounge, complete with a bar and 18 air-conditioned en-suite rooms.
The exact meaning of the heraldic symbol of the Vasa family has been debated among both historians and heralds. During the late 16th century, the vase was depicted to look more like a sheaf, while medieval depictions show a sort of bundle, and which possibly could have been a depiction of a type of anchor plate.
Carl Gustaf Anders Franzén (23 July 1918 – 8 December 1993) was a Swedish marine technician and an amateur naval archaeologist. [1] He is most famous for having located the 1628 wreck of the Swedish galleon Vasa in 1956 [1] and participated in her salvage 1959–1961.
The trust funds are currently projected to run dry in 2035, at which point individuals would see a 17% reduction of promised benefits, according to the latest projection from the Social Security ...