Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation-Maritime History and Research

Maritime History and Research

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation is systematically involved in Maritime History and Research. In its long course, it has taken initiatives, created partnerships and supported projects of other institutions aiming at the promotion of our maritime and maritime cultural heritage.

Maritime Collection

The  Foundation’s Maritime Collection consists of individual collections on topics related to the sea and shipping. It includes sections with rare nautical instruments from the 18th and 19th centuries, natural marine finds, paintings, works of art, as well as the archive of the hydrobiologist Dr. Konstantinos Laskaridis on ichthyology, oceanography and all sectors of fisheries.

An important part of the Maritime Collection is the Nelson Collection, which includes personal items, dozens of letters and documents associated with the English Admiral Horatio Nelson and is the largest collection outside the UK. Part of the Maritime Collection is exhibited in the building of the Historical Library.

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Foundation Initiatives

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Restoration and renovation of the stone-built lighthouses in Poros
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Support for underwater excavations at the Antikythera shipwreck
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Support of the work of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities
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Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation-Maritime Library

Maritime Library

The Library has a Maritime Department, which is independent and constantly enriched, so that today it includes more than 15,000 titles. An important part of the maritime library is the Library of Maritime Law of Baron Leo Delwaide.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation pioneered the creation of the Network of Maritime Libraries (DI.NAF.VI.), in which special and university libraries with important maritime collections participate.

 

Library of Maritime Law by Professor Leo Delwaide
Maritime Library of Admiral Nelson

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