Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.

Six centuries ago, a mighty armada of Chinese ships crossed the China Sea ... using the proportions typical of a traditional junk indicated a hull length of around 500 feet.

At Hyperallergic, we strive to make art more ... three-story ship decorated with a glut of Cantonese-style carvings and topped with a massive dragon head. Designed as a floating Chinese restaurant ...

The Chinese vessel bears unmistakable resemblance to U.S. Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships, which are equipped with advanced sonar arrays to detect and track submarines at great ranges. These ships ...

21.1 x 22.6 cm. (8.3 x 8.9 in.) ...

The image of a Chinese junk ... of 18 metres The term "junk" likely comes from the Dutch word jonk and Spanish word junco, which refers to any large to medium-sized ships, when they were used ...

It’s possible the ship was built, launched and delivered in roughly a year – seven times faster than Fincantieri is completing that first US Navy frigate. The new Chinese warship is a mystery.

After the decline of Southeast Asian jongs in the 1700s - losing out to smaller and more agile Western ships in battle - the ...

According to Richard Glasspoole’s book “Mr. Glasspoole and the Chinese Pirates,” By 1804, their Red Flag Fleet had amassed 400 junk ships with over 70,000 men, organized into six smaller ...

Indonesia on Monday expelled a Chinese coast guard ship from its maritime zone after it allegedly interfered with a seismic survey operation. An Indonesia says it had a ship, operated by the state ...

Sails to: Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada and New England, Panama Canal Originally built for the Chinese ... the art nouveau design of the Observation Lounge (located at the bow of the ship) and ...