Maker
HEIRLOOM TECHNOLOGY
CHINESH INGENUITY
By Tim Anderson
LOOK FOR THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE IN THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION!
I recently took my camera on a trip to the coast of China near Taiwan. Quanzhou was described in glowing terms by Marco Polo. It was the terminus of the “Maritime Silk Road” of trade between Far and Near East.
The fishing junks I saw in the walled harbor of Chongwu were similar to a reconstruction of a 1200 year old ship unearthed near the Maritime museum: sculpted eyes at the bow to see the way, watertight bulkheads, wings at the stern, kick-up rudder, transom bow and stern. Some have a socket to step the mast for sailing, ...
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