Sea History 170 - Spring 2020



biodiversity heritage library



    

Library, Harvard University Botany Libraries, the Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library in the US, Australia’s Museums Victoria, the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, and the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in Mexico.

Materials range from journals of voyages of exploration to botanical studies, from paleontology to histories of cats, and a remarkable wealth of archived images. The project is funded by consortium member dues and by donations. It’s well worth a visit. (www.biodiversitylibrary.org) … In October the National Museum of the Royal Navy announced it will be opening new public access to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, where visitors will be able to walk under HMS Victory as part of a new visitor experience. For the first time, the dry dock in which Nelson’s

    

Tall Ship Consulting LLC Capt. Steven F. Pagels P O Box 28 Cherryfield, Maine 04622 Cell: 207 266-1614

4master@downeastconsulting.com www.tallshipconsulting.com

“There is NO substitute for Experience”

photo by geoff parselle, ministry of defence (uk)

HMS Victory in Dry Dock 2

SEA HISTORY 170, SPRING 2020 53