Each ship was fitted with carpentry tools for making repairs. On Nova Zembla, these tools came in handy for building the ‘Safe House’. It is striking how little the tools have changed over the centuries; many of them can still be found in modern toolboxes.
c. 1590 - c. 1696
Forging
6.0 x 26.0 x 10.0 cm
NG-NM-7668
Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019
Where you'll find this
Rijksmuseum
Permanent collection