Junks of Central China: The Spencer Collection of Models at Texas A&M University by Joseph E. Spencer, Jim Bones Jr. (Photographer), Edwin J. Doran Jr. (Foreword) - 2000-06-01

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Texas A & M University Press, 1976. Paperback. New. 108 pages. 10.75x8.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Within the Yangtze River Basin of Central China are nearly twenty thousand miles of navigable waterways. Historically, overland transportation has been difficult, if not impossible, in many areas, and the Yangtze alone has long carried more boat traffic than any other of the world's great rivers. The collection of thirty-one model junks at Texas A&M University, twenty-nine of which are pictured in this book, is a major nucleus of junk types acquired by Dr. Spencer in China between 1934 and 1936. Representing one of the largest known collections of Chinese watercraft, it is also the only known collection of Yangtze River junk types. Junk types have come and gone as needed. Over one thousand years old, the graceful Wushan Fan Tail was still in use in the 1930's, when the twenty-nine models included here were collected. But the Postal Boat, introduced in the late nineteenth century, disappeared within a few years, replaced by faster steam packets. Steam… Read More

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Texas A&M University Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!