Show maritime history exploited great britaina Brit ains maritime history is fully exploited in the national maritime museum at greenwich it occupies the famous queens house designed in 1618 as a country home for anne of denmark the queen of james I 1 the work of the royal navy the merchant navy and the fishing fleets and every department of maritime affairs and all that has to do with the lives and activities of seamen are represented together with an extensive library of books and manuscripts charts maps globes and navigation M instruments st is the admiral tys collection of ship models portraits of seamen representations of battles at pea sea and relics of admiral nelson |