Seeing the side by side comparison actually makes me appreciate what was able to be accomplished 242 years ago even more. That ship is a thing of beauty.
Edit: The use of "side by side" above was meant as a figure of speech. I fully understand that at the time the picture was taken, the two ships were not next to each other, but rather one in front of the other.
RBG_Ducky52 on December 29th, 2021 at 15:37 UTC »
Seeing the side by side comparison actually makes me appreciate what was able to be accomplished 242 years ago even more. That ship is a thing of beauty.
Edit: The use of "side by side" above was meant as a figure of speech. I fully understand that at the time the picture was taken, the two ships were not next to each other, but rather one in front of the other.
Myopic_Cat on December 29th, 2021 at 15:42 UTC »
For the curious: the ship on the left is L'Hermione, a modern replica of the French frigate of the same name that shipped Lafayette to the US in 1780. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Hermione_(2014) https://www.rimonthly.com/the-return-of-lady-hermione/
FCKWPN on December 29th, 2021 at 15:45 UTC »
I'm something of a Civilization player, myself.