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| August 01, 2002 | Finamore, Daniel | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The ship model is often consigned to the realm of static decor, an expression of nostalgia for a more technologically intelligible world that is long gone. Some ship models, however, act as manifestations of cultural identity, such as those discovered in graves in ancient Greece. In France, models have even played historically influential roles. From his inland vantage point in Paris, Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) looked to his army to affect the European power structure, constantly resisting his ministers' requests to strengthen his navy. It had been in decline for more than a decade when, in the 1670s, the statesman Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) decided on an ...

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