What is it about?
The historical Graffiti of ships are very abundant in Mallorca. The reasons for its creation can be very varied: a souvenir, a description on the march, an ex-voto,etc. They offer details of the nautical architecture from medieval to modern times and are therefore an important auxiliary document for nautical archeology.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that the ships were the most impressive engineering objet for those who contemplated it and their recreation on the wall came to be like a snapshot taken from the memory of their vision.
Perspectives
I hope this article does to increase the interest in this subject and to try to preserve them in the places where they are discovered.
Elvira González Gozalo
Real Academia Mallorquina de Estudios Históricos (RAMAEH)
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This page is a summary of: Nautical Graffiti in Mallorca, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, August 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1095-9270.12270.
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