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Sign outside the museum building The Cabildo, erected in the latter part of the 18th century, by the spanish government, and used for the assembling of the Cabildo or governmental council. [more...] |
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Cannon 1 A cannon, or big iron gun, outside the Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, defending the American South from tourists. |
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Cannon 2 A cannon, or big iron gun, outside the Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, defending the American South from tourists. |
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Cannon 3 Always take at least three pictures of everything. In this one, the cannon in the background is also visible. |
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Cannon barrel 1 The head of a cannon, an old-fashioned iron gun; this is the muzzle, or mouth, where the bullet (actually a cannonball) used to come out at high speed. [more...] |
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Cannon barrel 2 blurry. |
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Celestial Globe 1 Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display). This is the opposite of a regular globe, which shows the earth from the outside: it shows the heavens as if one were looking out. [more...] |
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Celestial Globe 2 Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display); a detail showing Ares, the Ram [more...] |
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Celestial Globe 3 Celestial Globe from 1680 (reproduction on display); a detail showing a constellation or possibly an unfamiliar (to me) zodiacal sign, the Narwhal? [more...] |
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Celestial Globe 4: caption Celestial Globe |
