Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 • Rib-knit banding at collar

• Rib-knit banding at collar

This 14th Century Mongol Empire Silver Dirham Coin was authenticated by the Franklin Mint in 1997 and released as a part of their Millennium Coin Collection

the famed pirate Jean Lafitte was born in 1780

Pictures of stone reliefs featuring Snake Warriors from Chichen Itza upon which portions of this artwork were based appear in the last images

His grandmother Na-nai (Kathleen Hans) told his mother that he was destined to be a Haida carver - a reincarnation of her late husband

Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 • Rib-knit banding at collarThis chronometer was issued by the National Maritime Historical Society to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the legendary Cutty Sark tea clipper. The Cutty Sark is one of the last of the great British clipper ships built to race across the globe from China to London for the tea trade in 1869, before the opening of the Suez Canal created a much shorter route. Cutty Sark went from the tea trade to trading in wool from Sydney to London where she held