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The '''Princess Taiping''' was a replica of a [[Ming Dynasty]] [[Junk (ship)|Chinese junk]] built for a sailing trip from China to the United States and back.<ref name=sfw>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Weekly|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/10/junk_on_the_pier_princess_taip.php|title=Junk on the Pier: Princess Taiping Docks in San Francisco|author=Janine Kahn|date=2008-10-15}}</ref> The ship sank approximately 42 nautical miles from it's final destination on Saturday, 25th of April 2009.<ref |
The '''Princess Taiping''' was a replica of a [[Ming Dynasty]] [[Junk (ship)|Chinese junk]] built for a sailing trip from China to the United States and back.<ref name=sfw>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Weekly|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/10/junk_on_the_pier_princess_taip.php|title=Junk on the Pier: Princess Taiping Docks in San Francisco|author=Janine Kahn|date=2008-10-15}}</ref> The ship sank approximately 42 nautical miles from it's final destination on Saturday, 25th of April 2009.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Times-Standard|url=http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_12243860|title=Princess Taiping sinks|author=Sean Garmire|date=2009-04-28}}</ref> If successful, it would have been the first ship of its kind known to have done so<ref name=sfw/> (an earlier Junk had been sailed to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] but none had ever made the more difficult return journey to China).<ref>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/BAL213HM1B.DTL&type=printable|date=2008-10-16|title=Ming Dynasty replica junk sails across Pacific|author=Carl Nolte}}</ref> |
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The ship was built in part to demonstrate the plausibility of the theory that the Chinese explored the [[American West Coast]] decades before the [[voyages of Christopher Columbus]].<ref name=sfw/> The ship, which took thirty people six years to build, was a replica of a war ships in the navies of [[Zheng He]] and [[Koxinga]].<ref name=cp/> It was 54 feet long and entirely wind-powered, with three cotton sails.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8020206.stm|title=Ming Dynasty replica junk sinks|date=2008-04-27}}</ref> |
The ship was built in part to demonstrate the plausibility of the theory that the Chinese explored the [[American West Coast]] decades before the [[voyages of Christopher Columbus]].<ref name=sfw/> The ship, which took thirty people six years to build, was a replica of a war ships in the navies of [[Zheng He]] and [[Koxinga]].<ref name=cp/> It was 54 feet long and entirely wind-powered, with three cotton sails.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8020206.stm|title=Ming Dynasty replica junk sinks|date=2008-04-27}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:03, 28 April 2009
The Princess Taiping was a replica of a Ming Dynasty Chinese junk built for a sailing trip from China to the United States and back.[1] The ship sank approximately 42 nautical miles from it's final destination on Saturday, 25th of April 2009.[2] If successful, it would have been the first ship of its kind known to have done so[1] (an earlier Junk had been sailed to San Francisco but none had ever made the more difficult return journey to China).[3]
The ship was built in part to demonstrate the plausibility of the theory that the Chinese explored the American West Coast decades before the voyages of Christopher Columbus.[1] The ship, which took thirty people six years to build, was a replica of a war ships in the navies of Zheng He and Koxinga.[4] It was 54 feet long and entirely wind-powered, with three cotton sails.[5]
Piloted by 61-year-old skipper Liu Ningsheng ("Nelson Liu"), the first person to ever circle the earth in a yacht, the ship was launched in June, 2008 from Xiamen, in the People's Republic of China.[4] It made 17,000 miles of it strip before it was rammed by the Champion Express,[4] a Liberian-flagged cargo ship near the Su Ao Harbor in northeastern Taiwan, 20-30 miles from the end of its voyage in Keelung.[6] The Princess Taiping sank. Although the Champion Express did not stop to give assistance, the skipper of the Princess Taiping and all ten members his international crew were rescued by a Taiwanese helicopter and rescue ship after several hours in the water.[7]
At the time of the sinking, an identical second replica was under construction in Tainin.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Janine Kahn (2008-10-15). "Junk on the Pier: Princess Taiping Docks in San Francisco". San Francisco Weekly.
- ^ Sean Garmire (2009-04-28). "Princess Taiping sinks". Times-Standard.
- ^ Carl Nolte (2008-10-16). "Ming Dynasty replica junk sails across Pacific". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ a b c David Young (2009-04-27). "Princess Taiping rammed by unknown vessel". China Post.
- ^ "Ming Dynasty replica junk sinks". British Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Bitter blow as replica Chinese junk sinks just one day short of completing 17,000-mile Pacific crossing". Daily mail. 2008-04-28.
- ^ Carl Nolte (2009-04-28). "Seafaring adventure has sad end - but all safe". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Tainan building another 'Princess Taiping'-like Ming vessel". China Post. 2008-04-28.