St Geran Size 4

€2,850.00

Dimension: Length 120 x Width 43 x Height 102 cm.

Grade A + / Museum Quality

The Construction of the Boat.

We place a double layer of plank (Teak wood) and fixed with copper nails.
The decks are curved and the small planks (Oak wood) are fixed with copper nails.
The masts and other pieces on the deck are made Teak, Acajou, Rosewood, and Beech wood.
The sculptures are made Sapele wood.
Anchors are molded in Zinc metal and painted.
The Cannons and the base are turning in Solid Brass.
The Cotton sails are tinted in the tea.
Ropes are cotton and nylon waxed in the bee wax to do the rigging.

St Geran Size 4

Origin: France

Year: 1736

The Saint-Géran is a ship of the French East India Company, launched in Lorient on July 11, 1736, which sank in 1744 on the island of Amber in the north-east of the island of France, the present island Maurice, while on his fourth voyage under the direction of Captain Richard de Lamarre (or La Marre).

St Geran Size 4

A landmark event in island history, it inspired Bernardin de Saint-Pierre with the story of Paul and Virginie, in which the eponymous young heroine was drowned, at the end of the book, in the sinking of the building. , for want of having removed his clothes. His wreck is today a scuba diving site. His bell is at the naval museum of Mahébourg. It owes its name to Saint Géran, bishop of Auxerre in the 10th century.

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St Geran Size 4

St Geran Size 4

St Geran Size 4

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