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'''Monte Cristi Pipe Wreck''' a submerged [[archaeological]] site located on the north coast of [[Hispaniola]] in the [[Dominican Republic]] near the border of [[Haiti]], part of the [[Greater Antilles]] in the [[Caribbean]]. The site is one of the hundreds of historic shipwrecks that lie on the ocean floor between [[San Fernando de Monte Cristi|Monte Cristi]] and [[San Felipe de Puerto Plata |Puerto Plata]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=Maritime Archaeology & Cultural Resource Management Project Monte Cristi - 2000 - Dominican Republic |
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'''Duchess MRT station''' is a working name for an [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)#underground|underground]] [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] station on the [[Downtown MRT Line|Downtown Line]] Stage 2 in [[Singapore]], formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line. The station will serve the [[Bukit Timah]] corridor just north of the junction between [[Bukit Timah Road]] and [[Duchess Avenue]], and is within walking distance to several schools in the area, including [[Hwa Chong Institution]], [[Nanyang Girls' High School]], [[Raffles Girls' Primary School]] and [[National Junior College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lta.gov.sg/images/20080715-DTL2.pdf|title=Alignment of DTL and DTL 2 and maps of DTL 2 stations|publisher=[[Land Transport Authority]]|accessdate=2008-07-16}}</ref> |
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Archaeological evidence indicates that the shipwreck is one of a merchant trader probably sinking in the second half of the 17th century. Hispanola, together with [[Jamaica]], was originally settled by adventurous men seeking the life of a [[buccaneer]] and these islands thrived through [[piracy]] rather than through growing sugar until the 18th century.<ref>{{cite book |
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| last=Rogozinski |
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| year= 1999 |
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| title= A Brief History of the Caribbean |
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| publisher=Facts on File, Inc. |
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| location=New York |
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| id= ISBN 0-8160-3811-2 }}</ref> The historical and geological information together indicates that the ship was likely to have been a buccaneer vessel headed to the [[Americas]] most likely for the Upper [[Hudson River Valley]].<ref name="shipwreck">{{cite web |
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|url=http://ina.tamu.edu/montecristi.htm |
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|title=Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project - The 2001 Excavation |
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</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.sandiego.edu/anthropology/nautical.php |
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|title=The Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project |
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|publisher=sandiego.edu |
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|accessdate=2007-08-02 |
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==Location== |
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This wreck, known as the “Pipe Wreck” because of the large number of clay smoking [[Pipe smoking |pipes]] it carried as [[cargo]], the type of long pipe the indigenous inhabitants used to smoked tobacco that was a shaped cane and called ''tobago''.<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.caoba.ch/history-english.htm |
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|title=History of Monte Cristi de Tabacos |
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</ref> It lies at a depth of 4.4 m at the northern side of [[Monte Cristi Bay]] in a bed of [[sea grass]]. Five large masses are visible, covered by a layer of [[calcium carbonate]]. Three of the objects seem to be combinations of iron and copper-alloy and two appear to be solid slabs of iron. The calcium carbonate furnish ample material for the [[reef]] [[ecosystem]] that covers the existing [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]].<ref name="shipwreck"/> |
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bukit Timah Road/Dunearn Road: |
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The findings included a large number of clay tobacco smoking pipes, as well as ceramics, trade goods, and luxury imports. Most of the ceramic found were mottled-brown salt-glazed fragments known Rhenish stoneware from Germany and popular during the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=The Rhenish Stoneware from the Monte Cristi Shipwreck, Dominican Republic |
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==See also== |
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*[[Archaeology of shipwrecks]] |
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*[[Piracy in the Caribbean]] |
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 156 || [[Sengkang Bus Interchange]] || [[Clementi Bus Interchange]] || [[Euro IV]] [[Image:Accessibility-directory.svg|20px]] |
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 170 || [[Queen Street Bus Terminal]] || [[Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal]] (JB) |
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==External links== |
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*[http://ina.tamu.edu/mc/mcgallery.htm Photos of Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project] |
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*[http://www.admat.org.uk/tw1.htm Monte Cristi Tile Wreck] |
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Revision as of 08:14, 11 October 2008
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| Coordinates | 1°19′34″N 103°48′26″E / 1.326039°N 103.807169°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Downtown (U/C) | ||||||||||
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Duchess MRT station is a working name for an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Stage 2 in Singapore, formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line. The station will serve the Bukit Timah corridor just north of the junction between Bukit Timah Road and Duchess Avenue, and is within walking distance to several schools in the area, including Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Girls' Primary School and National Junior College.[1]
Bus services nearby
The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bukit Timah Road/Dunearn Road:
References
- ^ "Alignment of DTL and DTL 2 and maps of DTL 2 stations" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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