VINTAGE MARITIME ACCOUNTS DEBUNK CHINA'S CLAIM
The Philippine Star|December 16, 2024
Libreria Filipiniana often appears on FB to offer titles that are scarce.
ALFRED A. YUSON
VINTAGE MARITIME ACCOUNTS DEBUNK CHINA'S CLAIM

Sometimes they're recent books, of late having included Rethinking Filipino Millennials: Alternative Perspectives on a Misunderstood Generation, edited by Jayeel Cornelio, 2022 National Book Awards winner for Social Sciences, and a "Heritage Architecture Bundle" that includes Diksyonaryong Biswal ng Arkitekturang Filipino by Rino D.A. Fernandez, published in 2015 as a hardbound edition.

An item aroused curiosity some weeks back, despite only sharing References to vintage accounts on maritime traditions in Asia-Pacific, plus some quotes, with "O Credits to Owners." These include: "Heng, Derek (2019). Ships, Shipwrecks, and Archaeological Recoveries as Sources of Southeast Asian History. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History...; Pham, Charlotte Minh-Hà (2012). Asian Shipbuilding| Technology. Bangkok... ISBN 978-92-9223-413-3; Dick-Read, Robert (2005). The Phantom Voyagers: Evidence of Indonesian Settlement in Africa in Ancient Times ...; Manguin, Pierre-Yves (September 1980), 'The Southeast Asian Ship: An Historical Approach'. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; Manguin, Pierre-Yves. 2012.

"Asian ship-building traditions in the Indian Ocean at the dawn of European expansion"...; and Worcester, G. R. G. (1947). The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, A Study in Chinese Nautical Research ...." I na pseudonymously written argument, some paragraphs that drew my attention provide interesting excerpts: "Is China's claim of Nine-Dash line based on history relevant in modem times today? In fact, Southeast Asia maritime people controlled first the Nine-Dash before China accepted the transfer of navigation technology...

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