Hello! I CIRACH GEORGE, author of Curious Barcelona. Here we will make it known to hide in Barcelon

Have you ever thought about leaving it all, you embark on a boat and start a new life? I imagine that many times, right? Well this dream people have been repeated since the beginning of history, all with one purpose: to find new horizons and find a place to live and work.
Embark on a boat and explore new worlds has always been an activity that has aroused acqua latina interest, curiosity, mystery and fear. In fact traveled has not always been interpreted in the same way throughout history, just to see how our ancestors traveled, the Barcelona Maritime Museum offers an exhibition that attempts to answer this momentum.
The exhibition brings together nearly 100 works from the collection of the Maritime Museum, including ship models, nautical maps, navigation instruments, paintings maritime-themed, votive and figureheads. You can see some of his most precious treasures: the letter Vallseca Gabriel, one of the models of the royal galley acqua latina of John of Austria or the collection of votive offerings sailors.
We can also find a figurehead called The Doll S. XIX, where you see a guy with the appointment of student sailing in the left hand and hat on the right. After the scrapping of the vessel in which it was installed was hung long in front of a tavern in Barcelona. It was so popular that not only gave its name to the tavern, but the market and the whole neighborhood (the doll) in Barcelona.
It is very interesting to read some excerpts from the Catalan Atlas, a book written by Abraham and his son Judah Cresques in 1375 and commissioned by Prince John (son of Peter of Aragon) where we can understand what the perception was Crown of Aragon in the world. Musse Melly, king of Guinea. This gentleman called Musee Melly black and black is sovereign Gineva (Guinea). This king is the richest and most noble ruler of this entire region by the abundance of gold extracted from their country.
In addition, the exhibition also shows how to eat on board, what tools were used in an emergency and how the stars used to guide them and follow a route. You can go visit overseas travel until 31 December 2014.
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