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Archaeology of East Asian shipbuilding / Jun Kimura.

By: Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813061184 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 623.820095/09009 23
LOC classification:
  • VM99 .K56 2016
Contents:
Dynamics of East Asian shipbuilding traditions -- Shipbuilding in early East Asia -- A lasting tradition in Northern China -- The Quanzhou ship -- The Shinan shipwreck -- Ship construction materials -- East China Sea rising -- East Asia's link to the South China Sea and Gulf traders -- Conclusion.
Summary: In an examination for a wide array of ships from the 11th to the 19th century and from China, Korea, and Japan, Kimura extrapolates in three detailed case studies, how ships of the Yellow Sea were constructed. Chinese junks and Japanese dhows were known throughout the world, and this work will show why this innovative design has survived the century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dynamics of East Asian shipbuilding traditions -- Shipbuilding in early East Asia -- A lasting tradition in Northern China -- The Quanzhou ship -- The Shinan shipwreck -- Ship construction materials -- East China Sea rising -- East Asia's link to the South China Sea and Gulf traders -- Conclusion.

In an examination for a wide array of ships from the 11th to the 19th century and from China, Korea, and Japan, Kimura extrapolates in three detailed case studies, how ships of the Yellow Sea were constructed. Chinese junks and Japanese dhows were known throughout the world, and this work will show why this innovative design has survived the century.

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