Columbus's anchor on display outside the National Museum building at Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Columbus's anchor on display outside the National Museum building at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The bronze anchor was found in shallow water at Icacos, on the southern coast of Trinidad in 1877 and was documented by Columbus as being lost in August 1498. It was given to the Royal Victoria Institute in Port-of-Spain in 1912. The explanatory notice is standing in a wooden crate with a Brandsam & Henderson label on it. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P95797
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 111 mm