Around the corner on William Saroyan Place is Spec's Adler Museum Cafe, a small dive with maritime flags hung from the ceiling and shelves filled with bric-a-brac seemingly culled from around the globe.
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A "'maritime flag "'is a flag designated for use on ships, boats, and other watercraft . Naval flags are considered important at sea and the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced.
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The " Encyclop�die, ou Dictionnaire raisonn?des sciences, des arts et des m�tiers " ( 1769 edition ) illustrates one of three maritime flags of Ireland ( bottom left ), described as white, charged with a red saltire.
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He was hired in Amsterdam by Peter I to develop the Russian navy, but was originally from Stavanger, Norway ( Kruys means " cross ", and the Russian maritime flag is today also a blue cross on white background ).
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Despite representing the entire Portuguese empire, the armillary sphere began to be used more extensively in Brazil the largest and most developed colony at the time not only in maritime flags, but also on coins and other media.
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In April 1776, the Massachusetts Navy adopted, as its green pine tree and the motto " An Appeal to Heaven . " In 1971 the motto was removed, and the flag was designated " the naval and maritime flag of the Commonwealth ".
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During the peak of the age of sail, beginning in the early 17th century, it was customary ( and later a legal requirement ) for ships to carry flags designating their nationality; these flags eventually evolved into the national flags and maritime flags of today.
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In November 1956, she was sold to the Cambray Breeze Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed " Troon Breeze ", In March 1958, the owners of " Troon Breeze " were fined Rp200, 000 ( then ?, 451 ) for a violation of maritime flag law.
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Crosses on flags become more widespread in the Age of Sail, as maritime flags, and from this tradition develop into national flags in the 18th to 19th century, the British Union flag ( as naval flag ) was introduced in 1606, after the Union of the Crowns.
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In April 1776, the Massachusetts Navy adopted, as its flag ( naval ensign ), a white field charged with a green pine tree and the motto " An Appeal to Heaven . " In 1971 the motto was removed, and the flag was designated " the naval and maritime flag of the Commonwealth ".
