Just hate having to wait.......I want to go now!!!
And when you go there don't miss the Maritime Museum with its ship model of
Peter von Danczk, Piotr of Gdańsk. Originally Pierre de la Rochelle (1462), she was damaged by lightning, partially burned and abandoned by her owner in Gdańsk. She was then rebuilt in Gdańsk in 1470 and converted into a privateer vessel. According to some historians the fact of her repair in Gdansk was a turning point in the local shipbuilding. Carpenters repairing her hull were able to learn the technique of joining planks edge to edge instead of the traditional overlap.
Peter of Gdańsk, under the command of
Paul Beneke and his 350-man crew, became one of the most formidable privateers of the times. During one of its voyages in 1475, it was damaged and left in the French port of Brouage, where it was scrapped.
Since 1473, under the command of Paul Beneke ship ran a successful action against England. He won the greatest fame by looting the Burgundian-Florentine galley "San Matteo", gaining a great booty, valued at about 48 000 guilders, including a picture of Hans Memling's "Last Judgment" .
The picture was subsequently passed to St. Mary's Church in Gdansk. It is now in National Museum in Gdańsk, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Memling)
Just hate having to wait.......I want to go now!!!
I know the feeling.. :-) If you like historical novels, you could sweeten up the waiting time by reading "The house of Niccolo: Caprice and Rondo" by Dorothy Dunnett.
This book opens with Nicholas in Poland. He's been kicked out of his company and exiled from Scotland and the Netherlands as a result of his actions in the last book. (...) In Poland he spends a winter womanizing and drinking with the pirate Pauel Benecke, who wants him to join in a pirate mission the following summer.
In this 7th volume in Dunnett's intricate, superb historical series, protagonist Nicholas de Fleury is bent upon an aimless, self-destructive existence, matching pirate Paul Benecke drink for drink and woman for woman after being exiled from Scotland for plotting to destroy the country. But Nicholas' natural curiosity and intelligence are soon rekindled by a visit from his former mentor, Julius and Julius' beautiful, mysterious wife, Anna.
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