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Ship Sunk Four Centuries Ago Virtually Reconstructed

3-D cyber replication at Texas A&M

Texas A and M News and Information Services
Mon, 01/02/2012 - 15:36
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Sunk in 1606, the Portuguese merchant ship Nossa Senhora dos Martires is sailing again—in 3-D presently but perhaps one day in reality. If the cyber-replicated vessel ever does hit the high seas, the way will have been paved by the research of a persevering Texas A&M University nautical archaeologist combined with the high-tech applied study of a graduate student well-versed in computer-based visualization techniques.

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The 3-D resurrection of the 17th-century vessel, whose name translates to “Our Lady of the Martyrs,” is the handiwork of Filipe Castro, an associate professor of anthropology who grew up in Portugal, and Audrey Wells, who made the three-year project the basis for her master’s degree thesis in visualization sciences. Wells is now a freelance artist in Austin.

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