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ltwilliammowett · 4 months

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Scrimshawed whale bone pie crimper in shape of a Unicorn, made by a sailor for a beloved person ashore or aboard, mid 19th century

Constructed from two sections of whale ivory with a baleen spacer. Well-formed head with inset baleen eyes and applied baleen ears and horn. Fluted wheel with a star-shaped hub supported by the unicorn's front legs. Elegantly formed rear legs and looping tail. c. 20cm long

#naval art #naval artifacts #pie crimper #19th century #unicorn #love token #age of sail

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sour-strawberry-kisses · 2 months

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#sailors #pirates #age of sail #18th century

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deepspacememes · 2 years

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my father was a tailor. in leeds. as was his father. and his father’s father. time was, if a man on the avendale road asked where he could find the finest clothes in northern england, he was pointed towards the shop of a man named rackham. THEN: the men who sell wool decided they would rather not compete with the men who sell cotton. and as the men who sell wool have the ears of the men who make laws, an embargo is enacted to increase profits. and calico disappears. and my father’s business - that he inherited from his father... and his father’s father - begins to wither and die. and my father suffers the compound shame of financial failure seen by the eyes of his son, and descended into drink. i’d sit beside him as a boy at the sunday services as he shouted at the pastor. at the altar. at anyone who would listen, really, about the injustice of it all. and i’d put his arm over my shoulder as the insults began, and i’d carry him out of the church GOD THE INSULTS. at his funeral, our neighbors were kind enough to whisper them instead of call them out loud. SO. i set to work, determined to rebuild what had been taken away; i was thirteen years old, but i was determined! until a man arrived at my door claiming to hold debts belonging to my father, debts accumulated as my father drank, debts he claimed that now belonged to me, debts i could not possibly have hoped to repay. debts over which that man would have seen me imprisoned... imprisoned in a place where the debts would only have been discharged through hard labor. hard labor at no wages, working at - wait for it - the production. of textiles. “you people. incapable of accepting the world as it is.” says the man to whom the world handed everything. if no anne, if no rescue, if this is defeat for me, then know this: you and i were neck-in-neck in this race, right til the end. BUT JESUS DID I MAKE UP A LOT OF GROUND TO CATCH YOU.

#monologues of all time #black sails #and then: a train heist scene??? in MY 18th century pirate prestige tv show??? it's more likely than you think

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psitrend · 11 years

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21 crazy buildings in China

New Post has been published on https://china-underground.com/2012/11/20/21-crazy-buildings-in-china/

21 crazy buildings in China

Chinese website 163.com compiled a gallery of the 21 craziest buildings built in recent decades in China.

In recent years, cities’ urban development become a hot topic because these constructions are related to a large amount of money. Many times, mainly because constructors and local authorities distinguish these buildings from classic skyscrapers, they present whimsical shapes, which also lead to an increase in construction costs.

In this gallery, there are public buildings, Chinese private companies buildings, and also copycats of famous western architectural designs.

The weirdest buildings in China

Shenyang Finance and Trade Development Zone, and in particular the building of Fangyuan Mansion. This building with a cylindrical shape was designed like a coin because the owners work with money. On 10th January 2012, CNN classified the structure in the top ten of the ugliest buildings in the world. The building was designed by renowned Taiwanese architect CY Lee designer of the Taipei 101 Tower. CNN reported that Fangyuan Mansion tries to merge Eastern and Western styles, but this merger has not a harmonious appearance.

Cuiping Wuliangye, Yibin city, Sichuan Province, a company’s factory that produces liquor has a building shaped like a bottle.

Yiling, District of Yichang City, in Hubei Province, the offices of a local group is located in a building shaped like a bottle.

On 15 December 2009, in Hebei, Yanjiao, was opened the most shocking hotel: the Hotel of the Emperor, with the appearance of three gods. The structure of 41.6 meters in height has been designed in 2001. The hotel is classified as “the largest pictographic building” and therefore entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the best project, the largest in the world which is both a sculpture and a building.

Many Chinese Internet users have expressed their disapproval of “the East Gateway of Suzhou” structure still under construction.

The list included also Taihu Pearl – China Huzhou Sheraton Haikou Resort.

Exterior design of the building Linda Hai Square with the shape of fish wasn’t appreciated; located on Dongsi ring.

Sanya, Hainan Island. “Phoenix Island Real Estate” sells apartments t an average price of 90,000 RMB per square meter.

Nanjing, Yuhua. The government building is similar to the Capitol in Washington DC.

A Wenling People’s Court Building is similar to the White House.

The second ring road east of Changsha, Hunan Province, the customs office resembles the U.S. Capitol.

In Fujian, Fuqing was built in Lin Yi Park an “Eiffel Tower” tower renamed Tiancheng.

In Jiangsu province, Funing County, Seongnam, in the park White Swan has created a cottage reminiscent of Sydney Opera House Swan Harbor.

Shandong Rizhao water tower is called “Sail of the Century”.

Chongqing, Guotai Art Center, Center of Bashu Culture Art, which will be completed later this year. CFP

Henan province, Yichuan, netizens have reported that the project of the north gate of the city looks like a belt.

Beijing Olympic Park watchtower, still under construction, consists of five independent towers with different heights: the main tower reaches a height of 244.35 meters. Many have compared the structure of five big “pins.”

Located in the south-east of Beijing, on the fourth road ring, Zhuoen Sen Oriental.

Chongqing

Again in Chongqing. Netizens think that a recent construction project look-alike a zip pullover.

Fushun Shen Fu New Town “Circle of Life” is the new panoramic structure, with a diameter of 157 meters, 50 floors, with installed 12,000 LED lights, 3,000 tons of steel, cost a billion dollars. The project on the web has gained a first place among buildings more ridiculous. The local government has responded that this project will make it a distinctive architectural landscape.

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 11 months

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𝔖𝔥𝔦𝔭 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫 𝔄𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔞𝔯𝔡 (𝔑𝔬𝔯𝔴𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔞𝔫, յՑճՅ-յգյՅ)

#sailing ship #ship #sea #art #artwork #painting #Illustration #vintage art #Moonlight #Ship in the Moonlight #Martin Aagaard #Norwegian #1863-1913 #19th century #xix century

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clove-pinks · 2 months

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Tile Panel: Men-of-War, Frigates, Flutes, and a Herring Buss.

c. 1640-1660, Dutch.

#age of sail #17th century #dutch golden age #men-of-war #frigate #maritime history #art #tiles #the sea

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the-golden-vanity · 5 months

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Captain Pike, Dean Cornwell (1892-1960)

I'm in love with this dramatic painting of a ship's officer facing Age of Sail-era justice, which was sent to me by @habemuscarnificem. After much searching online, and seeing this credited as an illustration for every maritime story from Treasure Island to Moby-Dick (neither of which involve anyone being hanged from the yardarm), I came across the painting's title, Captain Pike. However, I'm having a hard time finding out who Captain Pike was, or whether he was a real or fictional sea captain. Age of Sail Tumblr, can you help me out?

@ltwilliammowett @clove-pinks @benjhawkins @ anybody else who knows their boat stories

Thank you so much! Fair winds and following seas to you all.

#dean cornwell #captain pike #age of sail #nautical #pirates #mutiny #20th century art #20th century illustration #age of sail fiction #maritime art #maritime fiction #adventure fiction #historical fiction #naval history #nautical history #art history #piratecore #cw death

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roadsidelunatic · 2 years

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Acrylics on canvas, 2022

Inspired by images of the 1914-1917 Shackleton antarctic expedition as well as the 2018 series the Terror.

#naval art #age of sail #the terror #the terror amc #acrylic painting #shackleton expedition #franklin expedition #my art #traditional art #painting #acrylics #19th century #tbh i haven't touched a real brush or paint in almost 10 years #i'm so glad i got to try it out again #it's so much more satisfying than digital painting

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barbucomedie · 5 months

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Royal Navy Issue Boarding Pistol from the British Empire dated between 1791 - 1795 on display at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Canada

Explorers like Captain George Vancouver, who charted and claimed what is now British Columbia in Canada, were also officers in the Royal Navy. The ships and crews were armed and were ready and trained to use violence against Native peoples or rival empires.

Pistols with long barrels, like this one, were commonly used by seamen were as ones with shorter barrels were issued to officers officers. These pistols were cheaper than the ones produced for the army and were mainly use for close combat with a heavy handle which could be used as a bludgeoning weapon.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

#naval history #18th century #british empire #canada #canadian #georgian #hanoverian #age of sail #maritime museum #vancouver #barbucomedie

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edoutft · 9 months

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Hi people! I released my graduation movie on vimeo, link here! It's about gay men being sad on the sea, feel free to watch and maybe tell me what you thought about it :)

#art #animation #graduation #graduation movie #age of sail #early 19th century #the terror #tagging the terror girlies because it might be relevant to y'all interests 👀👀

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max-nolastname · 1 year

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aang having a code against killing makes sense because as the last airbender he carries the weight of his entire peoples and culture on his wee shoulders, and that includes respecting and valuing all life. it is core to his being, and him finding a roundabout way to solve the issue of killing ozai makes sense both as an airbender and for the story. we find out later in the kyoshi series that murder literally inhibits your ability to airbend, hence kyoshi and her mother's use of fans! and dont bring your utilitarian "oh we can save more lives by killing one person" into this, because sure that can work for another show but not this one!! it is literally the core thesis of the show! have some media literacy my god

#aang #avatar aang #ill put respect to their name!#atla #avatar the last airbender #we can debate the morality of killing all you want we'll talk ourselves in circles and not add anything new to the conversation #people and silly little philosophers have been debating this stuff for centuries #“x was in the right y is in the wrong”#shut up! whether killing is justified in certain cases or not depends on the show and the message its trying to give #and what will be more thematically satisfying #and dont u dare bring the “batman should kill the joker” debate into this #or do idc ill fight you #batman cant kill the joker but the red hood and his other victims can that is my stance #and ive seen like no debates in the morality of killing in black sails discourse because everyone is on the same boat

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ltwilliammowett · 5 months

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Large lighthouse lamps with Fresnel lenses, 19th century

#naval artifacts #lighthouse lamps #fresnel lenses #19th century #age of sail #age of steam

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eerna · 3 months

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I have come to the conclusion that I am not interested in AtLA spinoffs, but I love prequels. The comics, the next avatar, the adult Gaang story, none of them interest me enough to interact with them, but I am living for every detail the novels reveal. Like what do you MEAN the Fire Lord has a bastard half-brother scheming for power TELL ME MOREEEE

#i wasnt gonna read the yangchen books bc they aren't very liked but tbh the worldbuilding details are my fav thing abt the books anyway #it's good that the novels skip avatars too. it is such a good formula. you meet the old crew you meet the current crew and the world #automatically feels bigger. the issue with introducing next avatars is that you gotta talk about the old characters #and that gets tiring or feels cheap or destroys people's expectations #meanwhile you can go as far back as you want without betraying anyone!!!! that is very cool #also full disclosure i prefer pre-modernity worldbuilding and since korra went 20th century that boat has foerever sailed. however prequels #still got it baby!!!#atla liveblog #tkn liveblog

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perioddramapolls · 5 months

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