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Hidden in a remote bay of the Solomon Islands, the beached wreck of the German-built Liberian flaged expedition cruise vessel WORLD DISCOVERER slowly rusts away. Built in 1974, it served multiple official owners faithfully for over 25 years. In April of 2000, the ship struck an uncharted reef formation just off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. by Earl of Cruise WORLD DISCOVERER in Australian waters - own collection, courtsey SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS WORLD DISCOVERER was anew type cruise ship designed for the expedition cruise market, a few years earlier inaugurated by LINDBLAD CRUISES. WORLD DISCOVERER was built by SCHICHAU SEEBECK WERFT, Unterweser , Germany in 1974 as the second purpose built expedition cruise ship ever in the world. During construction the vessel was called BEWA DISCOVERER, the ship was completed 1974 in Bremerhaven , Germany . WORLD DISCOVERER was classified as a Swedish/Finnish 1A Ice Class , allowing the ship to withstand minor ice floe impact...

The artwork commissioned for NORMANDIE is a world heritage ! A singles whim should not be allowed to posses and deal with on his personal whims and deal with it as he wishes. Artwork is what mankinds creativity can achieve. We have to preserve for our children and grandchildren, it is something to learn from for the future. But mankind is still a collecting mamal - food, resources, people - as followers, driven by egoism. `Me´ first person plural, and then for long time nothing. by Earl of Cruise "Birth of Aphrodite / La Naissance d´Aphrodite" by JEAN-THÉODORE DUPAS on auction at SOTHEBY´s on June 6th 2017 - courtsey NEW YORK TIMES "Birth of Aphrodite / La Naissance d´Aphrodite" - courtesy photography from my book NORMANDIE L´ÉPOPÉE DU `GÉANT DES MERS´ When I am poiting my index finger, I am so aware that three are pointing back at me! And this is in genral for all of us the case " Collectors have allways been fascinated with the NORMA...