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Khubilai Khan's lost fleet :

(Number (ISBN

0520259769

(Number (ISBN

0520265858

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9780520259768

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9780520265851

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Khubilai Khan's lost fleet :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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in search of a legendary armada /

First Statement of Responsibility

James P. Delgado.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

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illustrations, maps ;

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24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index.

Text of Note

Timeline of Chinese, Japanese and Korean dynasties and periods -- Prologue : A divine wind -- Hakozaki -- Asian mariners -- Enter the Mongols -- Khubilai Khan -- The song -- Tsukushi -- The Bun'ei War -- The Mongols return -- Kamikaze -- Takashima -- Broken ships -- Distant seas, distant fields -- The legacy of Khubilai Khan's navy.

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In 1279, near what is now Hong Kong, Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan fulfilled the dream of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, by conquering China. The Grand Khan now ruled the largest empire the world has ever seen--one that stretched from the China Sea to the plains of Hungary. He also inherited the world's largest navy--more than seven hundred ships. Yet within fifteen years, Khubilai Khan's massive fleet was gone. What actually happened to the Mongol navy, considered for seven centuries to be little more than legend, has finally been revealed. Renowned archaeologist and historian James P. Delgado has gone diving with a Japanese team currently studying the remains of the Khan's lost fleet. Drawing from diverse sources--sunken ships, hand-painted scrolls, drowned bodies, and historical and literary records-- in this gripping account that moves deftly between the present and the past, Delgado pieces together the fascinating tale of Khubilai Khan's maritime forays and unravels one of history's greatest mysteries: What sank the great Mongol fleet? --publisher's description.

Kublai Khan,1215-1294.

Kublai Khan,1216-1294

Underwater archaeology-- Japan.

Underwater archaeology.

China, History, Naval, To 1644.

Japan, History, Attempted Mongol Invasions, 1274-1281.

China.

Japan.

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Delgado, James P.

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20200822114856.0

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[Book]

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