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Models of ships on globe in the Vasa Museum

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The Vasa sank right after she set out to sail in 1628, was salvaged in the 1960s and is now the only 17th century ship to be seen in the world.
For more than 330 years, the wreck remained on the seabed, only to be found in 1956. It took several years to prepare the ship for being lifted, since it had to be prepared carefully. Then, on April 24, 1961, the ship broke surface, and was brought to shore in one piece. It was a historical day in Sweden, where life stopped for a moment as the whole nation was following this event. Many finds were saved as well, and remains of the victims who died in the accident. It took the Swedes decades to make it all into a museum, which finally opened in 1990, 362 years after the Vasa started her fateful voyage. I first saw it before the official opening, in 1989, and was keen on seeing it again.
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