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At the same time, maps newly generated from scratch after nine months' of groundwork went online. A new company, Streetdirectory, was created in place to manage the running of the Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia websites. [13] [14]
Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers , engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales , the baleen of other whales , and the tusks of walruses .
Nantucket Lightship Baskets are a type of basket originating, in the 19th century [1] on Nantucket Island lightships.Lightship baskets are all made from rattan and wood, have an odd number of staves, a solid wooden base, a nailed and lashed rim, a rattan weaver, and are woven over a mould.
On a brand-new episode of "Antiques Roadshow" Monday, a Fred Myrick scrimshaw tooth got a price tag that would probably put said fairy in a lot of 'Antiques Roadshow:' See a whale tooth worth more ...
The following maps were originally prepared for Wikipedia:WikiProject Singaporean places. However, the project has since become inactive and was merged into Wikipedia:WikiProject Singapore on 5 August 2020. Right now, these images are of high resolutions for drafting purposes. These will be reduced to smaller size, before using in articles.
OUE Link, newly revamped Change Alley Aerial Plaza in the background. As of 2017, Change Alley sits in the second floor of Hitachi Tower at 16 Collyer Quay.The short stretch of shops along the lanes in the shape of an 'F' are flanked by salons, tailors, boutique shops that sells shoes and clothes, and a florist.
Tanjong Rhu (left) marked as Tanjon Rû in this 1604 map of Singapore by Godinho de Erédia.The map is orientated with the South towards the top left. The name Tanjong Rhu appeared in Manuel Godinho de Erédia's 1604 map of Singapore spelt as Tanjon Rû, it means "casuarina cape" in Malay from the trees of Casuarina equisetifolia or almost similar C. littoria (ru or rhu) species that grew ...
The Singapore River was seen as a valley between Fort Canning Hill, to the north side of the river, and Pearl's Hill, to the south side of the river. The roads on either bank of the Singapore River were named River Valley Road — the current River Valley Road and Havelock Road.