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Hace 3 días · This 2,000-pound relief, with its carved crew of twelve, is a life-sized replica of the massive canoes that sailed the waters of Canada over two centuries ago, helping the young nation's vital fur trade to flourish.
2 de jul. de 2024 · They called their new home Tenochtitlan - we know it as Mexico City. Tenochtitlan was surrounded by water on all sides, but was also accessible via big roads, called causeways, and long canals along which canoes passed all day long. Pic 2: Colonial map of Colhuacan from around 1580.
Hace 3 días · Early Spanish writers commented on the fact that the lakes all round the Aztec capital were peppered with canoes of all shapes and sizes: carrying goods to and from the city (and especially the great market at Tlatelolco), removing waste, ferrying warriors and raiding parties and - as in Venice - doing many of the every-day transport ...
Hace 4 días · Twelve Canoes In the wake of the international success of Ten canoes, Rolf de Heer has collaborated again with the Ramingining community of north Arnhem Land in making this series of twelve short documentaries that together paint a visual and audio portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people.
Hace 3 días · Bill Mason had a successful film career at the National Film Board of Canada making 18 films. He also wrote two canoeing books on paddling and the Government of Canada had a stamp issued in his honour. Bill Mason’s 16-foot red Prospector canoe is possibly the most famous in Canada. It was at the top of the list to see.
Hace 6 días · Canoes near Three Mile Island in Seagull Lake shown in September of 1999, about two months after the blowdown. The upper canopy is mostly gone, but a lot of shade-tolerant cedar, black spruce and ...
Hace 3 días · Used most famously in December 1942, when a small group of twelve men in six canoes were dropped off by submarine 80 miles from the inland port of Bordeaux. Taking a couple of days to get to Bordeaux, the men laid limpit mines on a series of German ships, sinking one and seriously damaging others. These men became the Cockeshell heroes, named after the canoes they sailed in. But the story of ...
