travel photography
UNESCO: Melaka, Historic City of the Straits of Malacca
April 12, 2021Melaka, Malaysia was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. George Town was also inscribed on that date, and together, they are recognized as the Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca. Melaka and George Town reflect a multi-cultural heritage that evolved from their strategic location along the trade routes from […]
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Barcelona, Spain From Monument a Colom
April 12, 2021The Monument a Colom (Christopher Columbus Monument) stands at the foot of Las Ramblas, near the Barcelona Harbor. It was built in 1888 to honor the explorer and his discovery of America. The statue stands atop a sixty-meter-tall column (197 ft.) that overlooks the sea. The pedestal of the monument contains a gift shop and […]
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Star of India, San Diego, California
April 12, 2021The Star of India was built in 1863 at Ramsey in the Isle of Man. She was first known as Euterpe, the muse of music. This full-rigged iron windjammer ship made excursions between Great Britain and India and then to New Zealand. She was later used to haul salmon from Alaska to California. The ship […]
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