Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 6 and 1/2 inches

6 and 1/2 inches

This 14th Century Mongol Empire Silver Dirham Coin was authenticated by the Franklin Mint in 1997 and released as a part of their Millennium Coin Collection

His grandmother Na-nai (Kathleen Hans) told his mother that he was destined to be a Haida carver - a reincarnation of her late husband

The back of the frame has a piece of paper under the glass with the description below in both Spanish and English

the famed pirate Jean Lafitte was born in 1780

Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 6 and 1/2 inchesThis chronometer was issued by the National Maritime Historical Society to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the legendary Cutty Sark tea clipper. The Cutty Sark is one of the last of the great British clipper ships built to race across the globe from China to London for the tea trade in 1869, before the opening of the Suez Canal created a much shorter route. Cutty Sark went from the tea trade to trading in wool from Sydney to London where she held