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Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective
Chunming Wu (Ed.)
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Description for Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective
Hardback. Editor(s): Wu, Chunming. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 138 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; HBJF; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
This book presents the proceedings of the international academic workshop on Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective held from June 21-23, 2013 at Harvard University campus and organized by Harvard-Yenching Institute. It includes high-quality papers focusing on the historical shipwrecks investigated by underwater archaeologists from Eastern Asian, including southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, and North America, including California, Oregon and Washington in the US, as well as Mexico. These investigations reveal the history of the early pan-Pacific navigation and maritime globalization from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the ... Read more
This book presents the proceedings of the international academic workshop on Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective held from June 21-23, 2013 at Harvard University campus and organized by Harvard-Yenching Institute. It includes high-quality papers focusing on the historical shipwrecks investigated by underwater archaeologists from Eastern Asian, including southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, and North America, including California, Oregon and Washington in the US, as well as Mexico. These investigations reveal the history of the early pan-Pacific navigation and maritime globalization from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811009037
SKU
V9789811009037
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About Chunming Wu (Ed.)
Chunming Wu, B.A. and M.A. of Archaeology and PhD. of Chinese History in Xiamen University, professor and director of Center for Maritime Archaeology of Xiamen University. Dr. Wu was a visiting scholarship of American Council of Learned Society & Luce Foundation at Anthropology Department of University of Hawaii at Manoa, and visiting scholarship of Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University. He ... Read more
Reviews for Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective
This volume collects 13 essays from a 2013 conference, all centered on the results of underwater archaeology around the Pacific Rim. ... The great strength of the volume lies in presenting together in English some of the most advanced research being done across the world ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Faculty and specialists only. (B. T. Vivier, Choice, Vol. ... Read more