TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kimura,Jun
TI  - Archaeology of East Asian shipbuilding
SN  - 9780813061184 (alk. paper)
AV  - VM99 .K56 2016
U1  - 623.820095/09009 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Shipbuilding
KW  - East Asia
KW  - History
KW  - China
KW  - Korea
KW  - Japan
KW  - Underwater archaeology
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -