Flor De La Mar Melaka

The flor de la mar was a portuguese trading ship of 400 tons that sailed the seas during the early 1500s.

Flor de la mar melaka. 0 18 km casa del rio melaka 0 25 km knocknock home 0 17 km quayside hotel 0 16 km the travelers hostel guest house 0 26 km nomaps. 09 00 hrs 17 30 hrs. Hotels near flora de la mar maritime museum. Kapal flor de la mar juga turut menjadi saksi tentang pelayaran afonso de albuquerque apabila beliau kembali dalam kejayaan menawan kota melaka pada 1511 dimana kapal tersebut dipenuhi dengan pelbagai barangan berharga dan harta yang melimpah ruah termasuk berdozen dozen emas tembikar khazanah manuskrip yang dianggarkan bernilai berbillion billion pound untuk raja portugis.

Nobleman afonso de albuquerque was returning from the conquest of malacca bringing with him a large treasure trove for the. On our trip to melaka last year we drove past this large ship but didn t have enough time to visit this year we made sure to make time to introduce the flor de la mar to babysumokids. Flor do mar or flor de la mar flower of the sea spelled frol de la mar in all portuguese chronicles of the 16th century was a portuguese nau of 400 tons which over nine years participated in decisive events in the indian ocean until her sinking in november 1511. In melaka on the quayside near the mouth of the melaka river stands a replica of a portuguese galleon or carrack called the flor de la mar which sailed in these waters in the early 1500s.

Housed in the maritime museum muzium samudera in melaka flor de la mar translates to flower of the sea and the ship you see here is the replica of the portuguese nau carrack that sunk in november 1511. It was on the way back to portugal and was unfortunately caught in a storm. The flor de la mar or flor do mar meaning flower of the sea was a portuguese carrack of 400 tons that sailed the seas during the early 1500s this ship was carrying a great amount of treasure when it sank somewhere off the coast of sumatra possibly at the northern end of the strait of malacca during its voyage back to portugal. Muzium samudera the flora de la ma jalan quayside 75000 malacca malaysia.