Docked at the Port of New Orleans is a rare up-close view of living history, in particular the relationship between Spain and the United States.

“It’s a masterpiece. I call it a masterpiece of the seas,” said Claudia Shabetai with the Spanish organization Granaderos y Damas de Galvez en Louisiana.

That masterpiece is the Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a Tall Ship from the Spanish Navy used to train sailors. Built in 1927, the 370-foot-long ship is the third largest Tall Ship in the world, and one of the oldest still sailing.