Napoleon Series Archive 2017

France's Imperial Canoe of Napoleon I

"A barge built secretly for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1810 to inspect his imperial fleet had its crown removed in a delicate museum operation Tuesday ahead of the vessel's move to a new home on the coast of Brittany..."

http://artdaily.com/news/107673/Barge-built-secretly-for-Napoleon-Bonaparte-in-1810-on-the-move-again-#.W6KTglKWyUk

It sort of reminds me of the old joke. Why does the new Italian Navy have glass-bottomed boats? So they can see the old Italian Navy.