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DOCUMENT Citation Only Aoife M Daly.

Purchase records show that timber for the building of Vasa was bought in Småland (Sweden’s eastern region), Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) and Amsterdam. Extensive dendrochronological/dendroprovenance analysis is currently underway of the timber of Vasa, to determine the provenance of the trees used, to find out: How much timber was brought to Stockholm for Vasa from these different sources and where were they used in the ship? Which timbers came from Småland, and what proportion of the timber...