Feature on “Archeological Records,” a fictional compilation of archival descriptions and excerpts spanning Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The ten-page document set includes fictional records from the Gdańsk Shipping Office and notes from a “non-standard lighthouse signal test” near the Vistula River. The “Notebook of a Minor Cartographer” (1773), a ledger from a small workshop in Albany, New York, and letters from the Lisbon Letterpress Company are also included. The material is presented as an example of “pseudo-precision” notebooks that imitate Enlightenment-era travel records.

The Vasa, Sweden’s first royal warship, sank in Stockholm harbor on 10 August 1628, killing approximately 30-50 crew members and visitors. The vessel, commissioned by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden for the ongoing war against Poland-Lithuania, was built at the Stockholm shipyard under master shipwright Henrik Hybertsson. Over 95% of the original ship survives, making it the best-preserved 17th-century vessel in Scandinavia. The Vasa Museum opened on Djurgården island, Stockholm, on 15 June 1990.