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  Spanish Galleon Ship Model measures: 37"L x 28"T x 12"WClick here to see detailed photos!
High castles fore and aft
and multiple decks of guns bring to mind the large galleons with lofty sails and
graceful lines that transported the riches of the New World to Spain. Yet, the
original galleons used to explore the lands across the oceans rarely surpassed
the size of a modern-day offshore fishing boat. The galleon was an armed merchant
ship during the era of Spanish exploration and trade (1565 to 1815).
Spain needed seaworthy ships capable of making transoceanic voyages while laden
with vast cargoes, but early sea vessels lacked these qualities. Designers borrowed
the best characteristics of existing ships to build just such a vessel. From the
caravel came the fixed rudder and lateen sails. From the carrack came the sturdy
hull and fore and aft castles.
The result was the galleon, which combined square and lateen sails rigged on three
or four masts with a longer ratio of length to beam and castles more integrated
with the structure of the ship. The treasure fleets faced many obstacles; the
two greatest of which were weather and pirates.
Ship
Model Description: |
- Ship Measures 37”L
x 28”T x 12”W
- The Spanish
Galleon model is shipped to you completely assembled and
ready for display
- Plank on frame
construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added
to the hull one at a time)
- No plastic fittings
(metal anchors and machine turned brass cannons)
- Masterfully stitched
thick canvas sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle
- This wooden ship
model rests perfectly on a large marble base between four arched
dolphins
- This Spanish
Galleon ship model is entirely handmade piece by intricate
piece by skillful and experienced master craftsmen, using the
plank on frame construction method - kits are not used in building
- The following rare,
high quality woods are used to build our Spanish Galleon model:
Cherry
Apamate
Birch
Maple
- Handpainted the
actual colors of a typical Spanish Galleon
- Thick, handsewn
canvas sails that hold their shape and cannot wrinkle
- Exhaustively researched
and historically accurate to the actual tall ship
- All of our wooden
model ships are built according to scale through original plans,
pictures and drawings
- The finished Spanish
Galleon ship model is carefully inspected for quality and
accuracy numerous times before final packaging
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