Episode 56: The Amazing Story of Van Diemen's Land and the U.S. Presidential Resolute Desk
The Resolute Desk was a gift to the President as the movie National Treasure says. But did you kn...
Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian
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The Resolute Desk was a gift to the President as the movie National Treasure says. But did you know it involved Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land, Explorer John Franklin, Maritime Salvage Laws, Senator Lawrence S Foster, Abel Tasman, Anthony Van Diemen, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the HMS Resolute, Sweden's 300,000 oak trees, Rutherford B Hayes and Harry Truman.