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Chinese junks on the Pacific : views from a different deck / Hans K. Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Tilburg, Hans.
- Series:
- New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Junks.
- Seafaring life--China.
- Seafaring life.
- Seafaring life--Pacific Area.
- Maritime anthropology--Pacific Area.
- Maritime anthropology.
- Sailors--Travel--China.
- Sailors.
- Travel.
- China--History, Naval.
- China.
- Naval history.
- Pacific Area.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]
- Contents:
- Junks, not just floating wood
- The journeys across the Pacific
- Reading the junks themselves
- The living culture of Chinese vessels
- Finding Pacific junks in history
- Misreading our guests : public perceptions
- Views from the vanishing deck : conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813030531
- 0813030536
- OCLC:
- 78790053
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