Built for Sweden by the Dutch in 1627, the Kalmar Nyckel was a full-rigged warship that also served to transport Finnish and Swedish immigrants to America, making eight such transatlantic crossings. After being decommissioned by the Swedish Navy it returned to its makers, serving as a Dutch escort ship before eventually being sunk in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652.

However the story of the tall ship didn’t end there, as in the ‘00s a painstakingly reconstructed replica brought the Kalmar Nyckel back to life, and it now serves to educate visitors about the journeys the early American settlers made from the European continent.

The replica we have here is rather smaller, but still wonderful to behold. Constructed by Flickr’s Kevin J. Walter, it captures the Kalmar Nyckel beautifully in miniature, and you can set sail from Sweden to America some 400 years ago via the link above.