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Le Carre Hermes > Printemps - Ete 1995

Three cheers for the wind

This particular wind filled the sails of the navy in the old days, stirring memories in the streaming wake of those great ships of the 19th century portrayed by Cornelis de Vries: "Flying Cloud", "Chesapeake", "Thermopylae" ...  The ring of ships encloses an astrolabe, while the eagles on the figurehead of the American steam-powered frigate "Lancaster" (1881) silently challenge the seabirds for mastery of the waves.