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23 paź 2017 · Have you ever wondered about the meanings of traditional sailor tattoos? You can now decode what the diving swallows, crossed anchors, and nautical stars signify with a helpful illustration by “Adventure Cartoonist” Lucy Bellwood.
Sailor tattoos are traditions of tattooing among sailors, including images with symbolic meanings. These practices date back to at least the 16th century among European sailors, and since colonial times among American sailors.
22 mar 2024 · Here’s the meaning behind a few of the classics: 1. Fully-Rigged Ships. A tattoo of a fully-rigged ship from the age of sail means the sailor had been around Cape Horn, the rough, stormy...
The tradition of sailor tattoos can be traced back to the 18th century, when Captain James Cook and his crew returned from their voyage to the South Pacific. They brought back not only tales of their adventures but also tattoos, a practice they picked up from the Polynesian people.
30 lis 2022 · 1. Fully-Rigged Ships. A tattoo of a fully-rigged ship from the age of sail means the sailor had been around Cape Horn, the rough, stormy waters around the southern tip of South America. A fully-rigged ship is one with three or more masts, square sails fully deployed. 2. Nautical Star.
4 cze 2024 · Note tattoos (butterfly and crucifix) on Sailor in center. From 1903 until 1928, Villalobos served on the Navy’s China station, a fertile ground for tattoos, with the Chinese dragon motif a...
12 lut 2021 · Bored sailors turned amateur tattoo artists began to dabble in putting ink to flesh, the most common being military insignias and the names of sweethearts back home — naturally the mark of a great, lasting relationship.
