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Maritime Museum |
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Maritime Museum |
The Maritime Museum or the Flora de Lamar is a replica of the Portuguese ship which sank in
the coast of Malacca while on its way to Portugal. The replica is a staggering 34 meters in
height and 8 meters in width. The main focus of the museum is the maritime history of Malacca
and the golden ages of Malacca’s Sultanate as the Emporium of the East. There are also paintings
which displays how the Straits of Malacca was a strategic location for traders from both the east
and the west stop by at Malacca/Melaka and conduct their businesses while waiting for the monsoon
winds to change direction. The museum has myriads of exhibits of articles such as porcelain, silk,
textile and spices used by the seamen of the yesteryears and even come sunken treasures hauled from
Diana, another shipwreck. Other than exhibits on the history of the Malaccan Maritime, the museum
also showcases the different eras that Malacca has gone through starting from the Malacca Sultanate
era to the Portuguese era, Dutch era and ending with the British era.
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