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The Age of Exploration : Wind-Powered Vessel and Port View

Brad Goll2012

The Sand Museum

The Sand Museum
Fukube-cho, Yuyama 2083-17, Japan

Spice and woolen goods had been valuable in Europe. It was one of the biggest reasons that European countries expanded their colonialism-like overseas to obtain those materials. Thalassocracy brought prosperity to British Empire, and the port was lively with various trade products, merchant and sailors.

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  • Title: The Age of Exploration : Wind-Powered Vessel and Port View
  • Creator: Brad Goll
  • Creator Nationality: United States
  • Creator Gender: male
  • Date: 2012
  • Physical Location: Tottori City, Japan
  • Provenance: THE SAND MUSEUM
  • Type: Sand Sculpture
  • External Link: http://www.sand-museum.jp/
  • 作品解説 / Object Note (Japanese): ヨーロッパにおいて貴重品だった香辛料や毛織物。これらを入手することは、ヨーロッパ諸国による植民地主義的な海外進出が盛んになったことの大きな理由の一つであった。航路の確保は国に繁栄をもたらし、巷には様々な交易品、商人や船乗り達で賑わった。
  • 作品タイトル / Object Title (Japanese): 大航海時代を担った帆船
The Sand Museum

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