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Sea transport would have been only way and practical means of transport for thousands of years. Wreckages were also common. | Sea transport would have been only way and practical means of transport for thousands of years. Wreckages were also common. | ||
| − | Causes for wrecks included: Dangerous reefs (hydrographic survey ships meant to survey and warn against dangerous reefs crashed on the dangerous reefs. EIC ship Vansittart crashed in the Gasper Straits in Indonesia 1789 after hitting a shoal). War. Weather. Human error. eg setting gunpowder on fire in the dark gunpowder room. Unseaworthiness or Timber Dry Rot. Timbers seperating so water came in. (Water must be thrown on them constantly) | + | * '''Causes for wrecks included:''' Dangerous reefs (hydrographic survey ships meant to survey and warn against dangerous reefs crashed on the dangerous reefs. EIC ship Vansittart crashed in the Gasper Straits in Indonesia 1789 after hitting a shoal). War. Weather. Human error. eg setting gunpowder on fire in the dark gunpowder room. Unseaworthiness or Timber Dry Rot. Timbers seperating so water came in. (Water must be thrown on them constantly) |
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| + | how much was lost? | ||
| + | * chinese junks braved the asian waters for centuries. unestimated amount sank. | ||
| + | * voyage from portugal down thru south atlantic across indian ocean and into southeast asia. From 1499 to 1650, 800 portugeuse vessels sailed from lisbon to take this route and 150 were not heard of again ever. no trace. | ||
| + | * of the fabled manilla galleons journeying from manilla across the pacific in quest for peruvian silver between 1565 to 181, 129 galleons were lost. 99 in philippines alone. the dreaded San Barnardino straits located between islands of luzon and samar. | ||
| + | * between 1600 and 1800, the english east india company lost 200 vessels. many went to the bottom carrying rich treasures. in 1808 and 1809 alone the eic lost 10 homeward bound vessels and lost one million in sterling. | ||
| + | * between 1602 and 1794, dutch voc lost 105 outward bound ships. between 1602 and 1795, dutch voc lost 141 homeward bound ships. | ||
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| + | What kind of cargo was lost? | ||
| + | perishables: | ||
| + | * fine nanking silk and silk from china | ||
| + | * tea from china | ||
| + | * opium from bengal (bangladesh), damuan (india) and turkey | ||
| + | * cotton from america nand china | ||
| + | * spices from the moluccas island in indo | ||
| + | * metals from europe such as iron | ||
| + | * animal skinds from american and british islaes | ||
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| + | What to ask when researching wrecks | ||
| + | Tony wells cautions that you must ask yourself these questions even if they seem painfully silly | ||
| + | * Did the ship really exist - countless books have been written about shipwrecks and lost treasure chests being guarded by a large octopus surrounded by sharks on a sunken ship with a skeleton at the wheel. Check your record and prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the ship is not a ghost ship. | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 20 May 2016
Reading Tony Well's Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure - focused on southeast asian wreckages - allegedly the first book just about southeast asian wrecks.
Sea transport would have been only way and practical means of transport for thousands of years. Wreckages were also common.
- Causes for wrecks included: Dangerous reefs (hydrographic survey ships meant to survey and warn against dangerous reefs crashed on the dangerous reefs. EIC ship Vansittart crashed in the Gasper Straits in Indonesia 1789 after hitting a shoal). War. Weather. Human error. eg setting gunpowder on fire in the dark gunpowder room. Unseaworthiness or Timber Dry Rot. Timbers seperating so water came in. (Water must be thrown on them constantly)
how much was lost?
- chinese junks braved the asian waters for centuries. unestimated amount sank.
- voyage from portugal down thru south atlantic across indian ocean and into southeast asia. From 1499 to 1650, 800 portugeuse vessels sailed from lisbon to take this route and 150 were not heard of again ever. no trace.
- of the fabled manilla galleons journeying from manilla across the pacific in quest for peruvian silver between 1565 to 181, 129 galleons were lost. 99 in philippines alone. the dreaded San Barnardino straits located between islands of luzon and samar.
- between 1600 and 1800, the english east india company lost 200 vessels. many went to the bottom carrying rich treasures. in 1808 and 1809 alone the eic lost 10 homeward bound vessels and lost one million in sterling.
- between 1602 and 1794, dutch voc lost 105 outward bound ships. between 1602 and 1795, dutch voc lost 141 homeward bound ships.
What kind of cargo was lost? perishables:
- fine nanking silk and silk from china
- tea from china
- opium from bengal (bangladesh), damuan (india) and turkey
- cotton from america nand china
- spices from the moluccas island in indo
- metals from europe such as iron
- animal skinds from american and british islaes
What to ask when researching wrecks
Tony wells cautions that you must ask yourself these questions even if they seem painfully silly
- Did the ship really exist - countless books have been written about shipwrecks and lost treasure chests being guarded by a large octopus surrounded by sharks on a sunken ship with a skeleton at the wheel. Check your record and prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the ship is not a ghost ship.
