Replica Of The Tragic Ship Batavia

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This is the replica of Batavia - a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie - VOC). The ship built in 1628 in Amsterdam, sank on her maiden voyage after a shipwreck on 4 June 1629 near the Western Australian coast. A subsequent mutiny and massacre resulted in torture, rape and murder of 125 survivors of the shipwreck. It was one of most dreadful and tragic mutiny in the maritime history.

More details about the ship and its history can be found in VOC Historical Society, Australia.

Its replica built in 1995 is moored at Batavia Wharf in Lelystad, The Netherlands - More info: Wikipedia

My digitally modified version of above street view as shared in Artistic Google album of Google+

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Building Where TIME was Born

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Believe it or not, World's largest circulation weekly, TIME magazine with a readership of 25 million, had a modest start in 1922 in this small building at 141 East, 17th Street in New York City.

As per trivia-library.com;

"In the late winter of 1922, two young Yale University graduates, Briton Hadden and Henry Robinson Luce, rented the parlor floor of an old house at 141 East 17th Street in New York for $55 a month, bought some tables and chairs for a total of $48.70, and sat down to write a prospectus for a new weekly newsmagazine to be called, after considerable reflection, Time."

Credits: I am thankful to LuciaM, Member, Guide and Moderator of Google Earth Community for bringing this to my knowledge through her post in GEC.

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Remembering The Golden Era of Gramophones

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While roaming the Google streets I came across this sculpture of Nipper, the famous dog, listening to 'His Masters Voice' on the Gramophone. It brought back the sweet memories of those good old golden days when the black vinyl records ruled the music world.

Nipper was the dog that served as the model for a painting entitled "His Late Master's Voice". Later "The Gramophone Company" used a slightly modified version of that painting, renamed it "His Master's Voice" and used it as their logo, which continued to be used by several of its successors in the music industry.

This statue is located on the front entrance to Maryland Historical Society building in Baltimore. There is another and bigger statue of Nipper on a building on Broadway, Albany, New York, but it is without the classical gramophone.

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There is a yet another and much smaller model of Nipper above a doorway of a building in Bristol, located on the site of the former Prince's Theatre, where Nipper (1884–1895) used to live with his owner. (See in Google Street View)

Main source of info: Wikipedia

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Rostral Columns of Saint Petersburg

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Rostral column, is a type of victory column erected to commemorate a naval military victory.

These two red brick Rostral Columns installed in 1727 on the banks of Neha River in Saint Petersburg, were not only dedicated to the naval victories of the Russian Empire but were also used as lighthouses to guide the ship to the port which existed here until the middle of the nineteenth century.

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These columns have winding staircases inside which leads to the platform on top where bowl-shaped lamps are fixed on metal tripods. Originally there were oil braziers which were lit in the night. The braziers were later replaced with gas lamps which are now lit on ceremonial occasions.

Two seated marble figures decorate the base of each column and represent four major rivers of Russia. Two on the northern column (shown above) represent the Volga and Dnieper, while seated figures in the other column represent Neva and Volkhov.

Source of info and more info: Wikipedia / Saint-petersburg-russia.org

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De Havilland Venom at RAF Grove, Oxfordshire

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This De Haviland Venom which belonged to Swiss Air Force has been been painted in RAF colours and installed at former RAF Grove Air base, near Wantage, Oxfordshire.

It was gifted in 2007 by Grove Technology Park Industrial Estate as a memorial to the air base which was closed in 1946.

More images at web page of m-tec who had fabricated the stainless steel curved pole.

Credits: BeadieJay via Google Earth Community

Windmills Of Don Quixote

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Attacking the windmills by Don Quixote, the legendary fictional character, is one of the most well known episodes of the famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes.

It is believed that the authour was inspired by these windmills near the town of Consuegra in Toledo, Spain. Originally there were 13 mills, out of which 12 have survived. These are now preserved as part of heritage and history.

Source of info: Wikipedia

The Palace Of Juctice, Nuremberg

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The Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, where the famous "Nuremberg Trials" of the major Nazi war criminals were held after end of World War II.

Count Dracula’s Castle

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Bran Castle situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, Romania is commonly known as "Dracula's Castle".

Many historians feel that Bram Stoker had based his famous novel Dracula on the Transylvanian born Vlad III of Wallachia, son of the Knight Vlad II, who was given the title of Dracul (dragon) for his bravery.

Vlad III therefore was known as Dracula (son of the dragon). Reportedly he was very cruel to his opponents.

Source of info: Wikipedia

Shakespeare's Wife - Anne Hathaway's Cottage

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This 15th century house known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage is the childhood home of Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare.

Situated in village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England it is about 1.6 kilometre (1 mile) west of Shakespeare's town Stratford-upon-Avon and is now a museum.

More info: Wikipedia