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Stockholm Trip - Vasa Museum [10.09.13]
In 2013, my class went to a 3-day cruise to Stockholm. And here we reach our destination for the trip.
Added two parts from Walk Through the City, because they fit better here, but I am too low energy to change the originals to fit better, so these are here.
Fourth Part: the Vasa Museum
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Original Description: Museum. The Destination.
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Original Description: Side shot.
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Original Description: Vasa is a retired warship built in 1626-628. The ship sank after sailing about 1,300 m into its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.
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Original Description: Sorry for shitty quality.
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Original Description: A sign by the door.
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Original Description: Given it's been under water for centuries, makes sense for the color to dissapear.
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Original Description: This ship was built on the orders of the King Gustavus Adolphus for the war with Poland-Lithuania (1621–1629). It was constructed at the navy yard in Stockholm under a contract with private entrepreneurs in 1626–1627 and armed primarily with bronze cannons cast in Stockholm specifically for the ship. Richly decorated as a symbol of the king's ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion she was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. However, Vasa was dangerously unstable and top-heavy with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull. Despite this lack of stability she was ordered to sea and foundered only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze.
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Original Description: Were they figured out the Vasa was located.
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Original Description: The map of the search area.
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Original Description: Beautiful glass.
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Original Description: The order to sail was the result of a combination of factors. The king, who was leading the army in Poland at the time of her maiden voyage, was impatient to see her take up her station as a flagship of the reserve squadron in the Stockholm Archipelago. At the same time the king's subordinates lacked the political courage to openly discuss the ship's problems or to have the maiden voyage postponed. When an inquiry to find the ones was held, nobody was found and punished.
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Original Description: 333 years underwater…that can't be good for ones skin. Unless you're part fish.
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Original Description: The steps taken.
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Original Description: Pics of the men, gear and underwater findings.
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Original Description: Statues of the people.
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Original Description: Colored replicas of what was on the back of the Vasa.
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Original Description: Right there.
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Original Description: Colorless ones.
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Original Description: More colorless ones.
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Original Description: The paint and materials used.
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Original Description: More decorations.
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Original Description: Side of the Vasa.
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Original Description: Front of the Vasa.
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Original Description: Lower front of the Vasa.
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Original Description: The lifeboats of the Vasa.
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Original Description: The anchors of the Vasa.
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Original Description: Some escaped. Most did not.
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Original Description: Here's one of them!
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Original Description: Describing the reconstruction.
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Original Description: During the 1961 recovery, thousands of artifacts and the remains of at least 15 people were found in and around the Vasa's hull by marine archeologists. Among the many items found were clothing, weapons, cannons, tools, coins, cutlery, food, drink and six of the ten sails. The artifacts and the ship herself have provided scholars with invaluable insights into details of naval warfare, shipbuilding techniques and everyday life in early 17th-century Sweden.
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Original Description: Some of the stuff they found.
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Original Description: A letter to the king.
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