Museo Nao Victoria#HMS Beagle

The main collection of the museum is the full-size replicas of historic ships on display along the Straits of Magellan. Replicas of weapons and ancient navigation tools are also exhibited, as well as copies of documents and books relating to the historic ships and an outdoor shipbuilding workshop.

Today the museum has three ship replicas:

The Victoria was a nao (carrack) {{convert|27|m}} long and {{convert|7|m}} wide, part of the fleet commanded by Ferdinand Magellan that carried first Europeans to discover the waterway around southern tip of South America. Later, commanded by Juan Sebastian Elcano, she was the only ship of the five to complete the first-time circumnavigation of the globe. Commanded by Duarte Barbosa, the Victoria participated in the discovery by Europeans of Chile, being the first to explore the region, in 1520, and discovering or naming Patagonia, Cape Virgenes, the Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, the Pacific Ocean and other landmarks.

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|File:NaoVictoria.JPG |Replica of nao Victoria.

|File:Nao Victoria 2011 12 02.JPG |Replica of nao Victoria, tourists on board.

|File:Victoria_S_Punta Arenas_19-01-2018 (3).jpg |Aft decks of replica of nao Victoria.

|File:Indio Pablo 001.jpg |Replica of nao Victoria, Pablo, the first native American to be baptised in Chile.

|File:Camara magallanes 001.jpg |Replica of nao Victoria, Magellan in its cabin.

|File:Cocinero 001.jpg |Replica of nao Victoria, cook at the stove.

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James Caird was a lifeboat of the Endurance, adapted by carpenter Harry McNish to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island during Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1916 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A party of six, including Shackleton and Frank Worsley, made their way for 17 days and 1,300 km (800 miles) across the notorious Drake Passage, battling gales and icing, with Worsley navigating based sextant readings of the seldom visible sun taken from the pitching boat. They succeeded in hitting South Georgia and obtained rescue for the stranded expedition.

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|File:James Caird Replica en el Rio.jpg |alt1= |The replica of James Caird afloat in the river next to the museum.

|File:James Caird Replica Museo Nao Victoria 001.jpg |alt2= |The replica of James Caird to the Strait of Magellan, with in the background the Tierra del Fuego.

|File:James Caird's Replica.jpg |alt3= |The replica of James Caird in the workshop before being released in the museum.

|File:James Caird bow.jpg |alt4= |The original James Caird displayed at Dulwich College, London.

|File:James Caird en la nieve Mayo 2012.jpg |alt5= |The replica of James Caird at the Museo Nao Victoria in winter with snow.

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Ancud was the ship that, under an 1843 mandate of the President of Chile, Manuel Bulnes, claimed the Strait of Magellan on behalf of Chile's newly independent government, building Fort Bulnes. The commander of the schooner was Captain John Williams Wilson. On 31 December 2011, the museum announced the construction of a replica of the schooner in its shipbuilding workshop;{{cite news

|url = http://www.laprensaaustral.cl/cronica/construiran-replicas-navegables-de-la-goleta-ancud-y-del-bergant-8579

|title = Construirán réplicas navegables de la goleta Ancud y del bergantín Beagle

|date = 31 December 2011

|work = La Prensa Austral

|language = Spanish

|accessdate = 2012-09-20

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131101185243/http://www.laprensaaustral.cl/cronica/construiran-replicas-navegables-de-la-goleta-ancud-y-del-bergant-8579

|archive-date = 2013-11-01

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}} the replica Ancud was opened to public on 5 September 2012.

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|File:Goleta Ancud, roda. quila y codaste.jpg |alt1= |The replica of Ancud, bow, keel and stern, with in the background the Nao Victoria.

|File:Goleta Ancud, la estructura del casco teminada.jpg |alt2= |The replica of Ancud, complete hull structure.

|File:Museo Nao Victoria Punta Arenas Chile La réplica de la Goleta Ancud, vista completa..jpg |alt3= |Ancud replica.

|File:Museo Nao Victoria Punta Arenas Chile La popa de la réplica de la Goleta Ancud..jpg |alt4= |Stern view of Ancud replica.

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{{HMS|Beagle}}, a British Navy brig-sloop, was converted into an exploration vessel. The most famous of her three trips was the second one under the command of Captain FitzRoy. On board was the young Charles Darwin. HMS Beagle remained in the Magellan Region for almost three years, and the observations made by Darwin were influential in the development of his theory of evolution. The construction of the full-size HMS Beagle replica started in November 2012.

{{cite news

|url=http://www.radiopolar.com/noticia_66964.html?score=5&table=66964&user=190.82.14.213#1

|title=Construyen Replica del HMS Beagle

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|language=Spanish

|date=15 November 2012

|accessdate=2012-11-16

}} Four years later, in November 2016, the museum announced that the vessel was completed.{{cite news |url=https://laprensaaustral.cl/espectaculos/replica-de-la-embarcacion-hms-beagle-fue-terminada-tras-cuatro-anos-de-construccion/ |title=Réplica de la embarcación HMS Beagle fue terminada tras cuatro años de construcción |accessdate=7 April 2019 |date=27 November 2016 |work=La Prensa Austral |language=es}}

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|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 001 First cut.jpg|First cut for HMS Beagle{{'}}s keel.

|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 055.jpg| Keel, stem and stern of the 1:1 replica of HMS Beagle ready for installation in Nao Victoria Museum of Punta Arenas

|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 005 First cut.jpg|Nao Victoria looming over HMS Beagle{{'}}s replica construction site

|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 144 - State of the art 2013 03 21 starboard view.jpg|Starboard side view of HMS Beagle{{'}}s replica

|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 142 - State of the art 2013 03 20.jpg|State of HMS Beagle{{'}}s replica building process as of 20 March 2013

|File:Construcción de la réplica del HMS Beagle 195.jpg|Completed hull of the 1:1 replica of HMS Beagle being painted in Nao Victoria Museum in Punta Arenas

|File:Réplica de HMS Beagle.jpg|The replica in February 2016

|File:20170219-Punta Arenas-0022.jpg|Update on the construction of the replica in February 2017

|File:Beagle_S_Punta Arenas_19-01-2018 (1).jpg|Replica of HMS Beagle 2018

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• Antique weapons{{spaced ndash}} The replicas of historic ships are equipped with replicas of ancient firearms such as bombards, cannons, and muskets as well as handweapons like halberds, crossbows, and swords. All these weapons can be used by visitors.
• Ancient sailing instruments{{spaced ndash}}In the different areas of the boats there are replicas of astrolabes, nocturnals, quadrants, Jacob's staffs, chip logs, and hourglasses.
• Copies of original documents{{spaced ndash}}The capitulation and instructions given by Emperor Charles V to Magellan and Ruy Faleiro, the accounts of the Atarazanas Reales de Sevilla on the expenditures and revenues of the expedition, the log of Francisco Albo, Ginés de Mafra's book, the de Moluccis Insular of Maximilianus Transylvanus, drawings from the book of Antonio Pigafetta, the map of Juan de la Cosa, the book Primaleon of Francisco Vasquez of Palmerin.

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During summer 2013 the shipbuilding workshop of the museum built a one-third scale replica of an 18th-century galleon.{{cite news|title=The 1:3 replica of a galleon of the eighteenth century|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/55179605@N07/|date=April 28, 2014|accessdate=2014-04-29}}

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|title=The 1:3 replica of a galleon of the eighteenth century

|File:Galeon Mall Plaza Oeste 004.jpg|Figurehead of 1:3 scale replica of a Galleon built in Santiago by the Nao Victoria Museum Punta Arenas

|File:Galeon Mall Plaza Oeste 003.jpg|Transom of 1:3 scale replica of a Galleon built in Santiago by the Nao Victoria Museum of Punta Arenas

|File:Galeon Mall Plaza Oeste 002.jpg|Starboard view of a 1:3 scale replica of a Galleon built in Santiago by the Nao Victoria Museum of Punta Arenas

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• Ferdinand Magellan
• Magellan's circumnavigation
• Ginés de Mafra

{{Reflist}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.naovictoria.cl}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121027151329/http://www.jamescairdsociety.com/shackleton-news.php?id=107710 Article of the James Caird Society on Museo Nao Victoria's Replica]
• [http://construyendoelhmsbeagle.blogspot.com/ Official HMS Beagle replica construction blog]
• [http://www.hmsbeagle.cl/ Official HMS Beagle replica website]

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Museo Nao Victoria

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