Khubilai Khan’s Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada

241 Pages·2010·3.06 MB·English

by  James P. Delgado

khubilai khan’s lost fleet
In Search of a Legendary Armada
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Khubilai Khan s
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l o s t f l e e t
james p. delgado
In Search of a Legendary Armada
Douglas & McIntyre
Vancouver/Toronto
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Delgado, James P
Khubilai Khan’s lost fleet : in search of a legendary armada / James Delgado.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
IsBn 978-1-55365-273-1
1. Kublai Khan, 1216–1294. 2. China—History, Naval—To 1644.
3. China—History—Yuan dynasty, 1260–1368.
4. Japan—History—Attempted Mongol Invasions, 1274–1281.
5. Southeast Asia—History, Naval.
6. Underwater archaeology—Japan. 7. China—Antiquities. I. Title.
Ds750.76.D45 2008 951’.025 c2008-901970-9
Editing by Scott Steedman
Jacket and text design by Jessica Sullivan
Jacket image courtesy of Museum of the
Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan
Printed and bound in Canada by Freisens
Printed on acid-free paper that is forest friendly (100% post-consumer
recycled paper) and has been processed chlorine free.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council
for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia
through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program (BpIDp) for our publishing activities.
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Contents
tImelIne of Chinese, Japanese
and Korean Dynasties and Periods vi
Maps viii
Introduction 1
prologue | A Divine Wind 8
one | Hakozaki 14
two | Asian Mariners 23
three | Enter the Mongols 35
Four | Khubilai Khan 47
FIve | The Song 61
sIx | Tsukushi 75
seven | The Bun’ei War 87
eIght | The Mongols Return 99
nIne | Kamikaze 112
ten | Takashima 126
eleven | Broken Ships 140
twelve | Distant Seas, Distant Fields 154
epIlogue | The Legacy of Khubilai Khan’s Navy 168
Acknowledgements 179
Sources 185
Notes 196
Index 217
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Timeline of Chinese, Japanese
And Korean Dynasties and Periods
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china
T’ang 618–907
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 902–979
Liao 916–1125
Jin 1115–1234
Xia 1038–1227
Northern Song 960–1127
Southern Song 1127–1279
Yüan 1279–1368
Ming 1368–1644
Qing 1644–1911
Republic of China 1911–1949
Japanese Occupation 1937–1945
People’s Republic of China 1949–
japan
Kofun 300–538
Asuka 538–710
Nara 710–784
Heian 794–1185
Kamakura 1192–1333
Muromachi 1338–1573
Azuchi-Momoyama 1573–1603
Edo (Tokugawa) 1603–1867
Meiji 1868–1912
Taisho 1912–1926
Showa 1926–1989
Heisei 1989–
korea
Three Kingdoms Period 313–688
United Silla Dynasty 688–935
Kōryo Dynasty 935–1392
Choson (yI) Dynasty 1392–1910
Japanese Occupation 1910–1945
North and South Korea 1945–
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