Fallen Idols Exhibition_The Van de Veldes The knot is used as

The knot is used as a weight on a heaving line to allow mooring lines to be hurled between ship and dock

lines of longitude and latitude

Martin Frobisher and Walter Raleigh

Painted by an unknown artist working in the Dutch style of the 17th century

Fallen Idols Exhibition_The Van de Veldes The knot is used asIn the past few years, there has been a rush to topple statues. Across the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Belgium and elsewhere, Black Lives Matter protesters defaced and, in some cases, took down statues of slaveholders, Confederate icons, and imperialists. Author: Alex von Tunzelmann In Bristol, Edward Colston was knocked off his plinth and hurled into the harbour. Robert E. Lee was covered in graffiti in Richmond, Virginia.