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Chinese junks on the Pacific : views from a different deck

Title
Chinese junks on the Pacific : views from a different deck / Hans K. Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
Author
Van Tilburg, Hans.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2007.

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Description
xvi, 272 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Subject
  • Junks
  • Seafaring life > China
  • Seafaring life > Pacific Area
  • Maritime anthropology > Pacific Area
  • Sailors > Travel > China
  • China > History, Naval
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-264) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 07-5572
ISBN
  • 9780813030531 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813030536 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007001299
OCLC
78790053
Author
Van Tilburg, Hans.
Title
Chinese junks on the Pacific : views from a different deck / Hans K. Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2007.
Series
New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-264) and index.
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JFE 07-5572
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