TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sasaki,Randall James
TI  - The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire
T2  - Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series
SN  - 9781623492304
AV  - DS750.76 -- .R363 2015eb 
U1  - 952/.021 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Underwater archaeology -- Japan -- Matsuura-shi
KW  - Shipwrecks -- Japan -- Matsuura-shi
KW  - Ships, Wooden -- China -- Design and construction
KW  - Ships, Wooden -- Korea -- Design and construction
KW  - China -- History, Naval -- To 1644
KW  - Japan -- History -- Attempted Mongol Invasions, 1274-1281
KW  - Takashima K¯ozaki Historic Site (Matsuura-shi, Japan)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How the Story Starts -- 2. History -- 3. Naval Organization -- 4. Artifacts -- 5. Timber Category Database -- 6. Miscellaneous Timbers -- 7. Species Analysis -- 8. Joinery Analysis -- 9. Questions -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Time Line of Events -- Appendix B: Timber Database -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - In The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire, Randall Sasaki provides a starting point for understanding the technology of the failed Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281 CE, as well as the history of shipbuilding in East Asia. He has created a timber category database, analyzed methods of joinery, and studied contemporary approaches to shipbuilding in order to ascertain the origins and types of vessels that composed the Mongol fleet. Although no conclusive statements can be made regarding the origins of the vessels, it appears that historical documents and archaeological evidence correspond well to each other, and that many of the remains analyzed were from smaller vessels built in China's Yangtze River Valley. Large, V-shaped cargo ships and the Korean vessels probably represent a small portion of the timbers raised at the Takashima shipwreck site
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