Chinese junks on the Pacific
Subtitle: views from a different deck
By: Hans K. Van Tilburg ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
Series: New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780813030531
Subjects: Junks; Seafaring life -- China; Seafaring life -- Pacific Area; Sailors -- China -- Travel; China -- Naval history
Description: xvi, 272 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Junks, not just floating wood; title: The journeys across the Pacific; title: Reading the junks themselves; title: The living culture of Chinese vessels; title: Finding Pacific junks in history; title: Misreading our guests : public perceptions; title: Views from the vanishing deck : conclusions.