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076 The mechanical galleon 20 Sept 2010

Mon, 20 Sep 10

A small automaton, shaped like a galleon. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the impact of travel, trade and conquest in Western Europe between 1450 and 1600. This object shaped like the galleon the Spanish sent against England in the Armada, was made for a grand dinner table, it could move, make music, tell the time and fire tiny cannons.