La belle 1684

Choose the type of wood:

• Pearwood
• Okume wood

Choose if you want to build your model with standing and running rigging

• Add standing and running rigging
• Eliminate standing and running rigging

Choose the Language of the monograph La Belle by Ancre (already included in the final price)

• Italian
• English
• French
• Spanish

ACCORDING TO YOUR CHOICES WE WILL START THE PRODUCTION OF YOUR MODEL. ANCRE WILL PRINT THE MONOGRAPH AND THE PLATES IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR CHOICE.

YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MODEL FREE OF CHARGE AT YOUR HOME AFTER 6 WEEKS.

WE WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL TO TRACK YOUR MODEL DURING SHIPPING

Model scale: 1:30

Length: 73 cm overall

Height: 61.50 cm

Model scale: 1:30

Length: 73 cm overall

Height: 61.50 cm

La Belle was launched in 1684 and participated, along with three other ships, in the adventurous expedition of the famous explorer René Robert Cavelier, Lord of La Salle. The ultimate aim of the expedition was to establish a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River. La Belle was to explore the entire course of the river, starting from the delta near the Gulf of Mexico and then heading upstream to its source.

Although La Belle was designed primarily for river navigation, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean, which at that time was only dared to be attempted on board large sailing ships.

Unfortunately, she ran aground and subsequently sank in the shallows of today’s Matagorda Bay in 1686.

By 1996, the wreck was found and recovered alongside much of the equipment by scholars, archaeologists, and technicians from a University of Texas team.

Launching year: 1684

Shipyard: Rochefort (France)

Length: 16.6 mt

Beam: 4.5 mt

Carrying capacity: 40 t

Draft: 2 mt

Crew: 24 men