Where we would expect to see this on a modern ship (the stern) is a substantial carving of the coat of arms of the House of Vasa. The central heraldic symbol of that is the "vase" which, at …

Painted in bright colours and with several hundred sculptures, Vasa was a colossal work of art that would make the rest of Europe admire and fear King Gustav II Adolf. An advertising …

2018年11月29日 · The intricately detailed stern of the warship Vasa. (Photo Credit: Acarvin / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0) The Swedes were quick to dismiss and forget Vasa. This …

2024年10月10日 · This tenth-scale model of the Vasa gives a picture of how the ship looked when she sailed out in 1628. The model was crafted by four model builders at the Maritime Museum …

From the seventeen-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea. For nearly three and a …

His grandfather was the famous king Gustav Vasa and his daughter later became Queen Christina. The word vasa (or vase) means ”sheaf of grain”, although in old Swedish. This …

1996年11月26日 · Stern ornaments (painted red, gold, blue) were carved gods, demons, kings, knights, warriors, cherubs, mermaids, weird animal shapes – all meant to scare the enemies …

2022年9月19日 · Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. Its rather peculiar story has gone down in history: despite being one of the Swedish navy’s biggest achievements …

Vasa's iron objects were conserved by heating to 600–800° C under hydrogen gas, in a process called hydrogen reduction. The hydrogen reacts with the corrosion products (rust) forming …

Vasa artifact # 16427 was found in the hold of the ship near the stern and appears to be made from copper alloy which has bee gilt. It is quite porous and has many striations at its flat socket …