The whalebone ship is believed to have been carved during the Napoleonic Wars [Leeds Industrial Museum] A model ship carved from whalebone by a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars and a replica ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy's small ...

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. But despite being surrounded by sea, it has little tradition in shipbuilding that all changed. In 1993. When the village began making miniature ...

A model ship carved from whalebone by a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars and a replica of a "cursed" vessel have gone on display at a Leeds museum. The maritime miniatures were uncovered ...