Maritime Heritage Conference
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:00
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2:24 pm, August 26, 2014
A maritime heritage conference dedicated to preserving wooden boat building skills for future generations will be hosted in Falmouth this autumn.
Marine businesses, job seekers, education professionals and volunteers with an interest in the industry are invited to attend the free event at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC) on Thursday October 23, from 10am to 1pm.
The conference is being hosted by Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) as part of an Interreg 2 Seas EU scheme called Maritime Heritage Skills. The project aims to pass on traditional skills which are recognised as being of regional economic and cultural importance, but are at risk of being lost due to an aging workforce.
The Maritime Heritage Skills conference will include presentations, interactive workshops and the launch of a unique new suite of online boat building training tools.
Guest speakers include the NMMC’s new director Richard Doughty, previously responsible for the restoration of the Cutty Sark.
Pedro Menèndez de Avilès fue capitàn de la Marina Civil y de las Armadas del Rey (2)
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, nacido en Avilés en Asturias 15 de febrero 1519 y murió en Santander 17 de septiembre 1574. Su familia, aunque era de hidalgos, era humilde, como tantas otras familias asturianas de aquella época. Fue durante toda su vida marino civil, si bien en algunas ocasiones actuó como corsario y llegó a ser almirante de alguna de las Armadas al servicio de la Corona.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
Retrato de Francisco de Paula Martí (1791).
Ha pasado a la historia como el fundador de la ciudad de San Agustín (28 de agosto de 1565), situada en la Florida, (EEUU), que es el puerto más antiguo que crea Europa
Blas de Lezo
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- Published on Sunday, 24 August 2014 08:37
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He was called “the half man”, but he was able to humiliate the most powerful fleet of the time on his own. However, it was not until recently that Blas de Lezo, a sailor from guipuzcoano, has been remembered: biographies, exhibitions and even a proposed monument in his memory have brought him back to life.
But before I tell you what he did to make history, we are going to have a look at his early life. He was born in 1869 in a seafaringfamily home. He studied in France and when he was just 12 years old, he joined the army to defend the French claimant to the Spanish throne during the bloody War of Succession. In the fourteen years of war he lost his
A centuries old mystery unearthed
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Phuket Gazette - August 23, 2014 | 05:00 AM
PHUKET: In May of this year an unbelievable discovery was made in a palm plantation in Khao Chaison, a district within Phatthalung province. Wee Thapsaeng, the owner of a 7-rai plot of land was using his tractor to plow the land, in order to prepare it for growing palm trees. What emerged, however, was not just mud and earthworms, as one would expect. To his surprise, Wee also found several gold plates emerging from the disturbed ground (story here).
A visit to the local goldsmith quickly confirmed that the objects were indeed solid gold.