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Nan'ao One

Coordinates: 23°40′N 117°20′E / 23.667°N 117.333°E / 23.667; 117.333
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Nan'ao One (南澳一号) is a 25.5 m (84 ft), 7.0 m (23 ft) wide Chinese merchant ship that sank in the Sandianjin waters off the coast of Nan'ao Island, about 5.6 nautical miles from Swatow (Shantou), Guangdong, Ming China. Accidentally discovered by a group of local fishermen in May 2007, it is currently considered the first late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) ship ever found and probably the only one from the reign of the Wanli Emperor (1573–1620) that China has discovered to date.[1] It was likely on the route from the port of Yuegang in Fujian to Manila, Spanish Philippines.[2]

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  1. ^ Moore, Malcolm (11 May 2010). "The mystery of the Ming dynasty galleon and China's 16th-century exports". London: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. ^ Zhou, Chunshui (2019), "The Investigation and Preliminary Analysis of Nan'ao No. I Shipwreck in Guangdong", in Wu, Chunming; Junco Sanchez, Roberto; Liu, Miao (eds.), Archaeology of Manila Galleon Seaports and Early Maritime Globalization, The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation, vol. 2, Singapore: Springer, pp. 61–62, doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9248-2_2, ISBN 978-981-329-248-2, S2CID 210634978
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23°40′N 117°20′E / 23.667°N 117.333°E / 23.667; 117.333