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Adapted by the author from a drawing in the Okinawan Prefectural Museum

And then went down to ship,
Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, . . . ~ Ezra Pound, ‘Canto I’

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The term ‘junk” (Portuguese ‘junco’) comes from the Javanese ‘jon,’ meaning ship. Variations of this term are also used in the southern India, China, and Japan. Junks apparently evolved from ubiquitous flat-bottomed sampans that swam over China’s inland waterways. With no keels, and with wedge-shaped bottoms, junks draw little sater, and their watertight bulkheads and specialized superstructures, make them adaptable to various uses at sea, including cargo and passenger hauling, fishing, and fighting. Their sturdy masts support battened sails that can be trimmed for sailing close to the wind. The rudder, developed in China long before it appeared in Europe, could on some junks be retraced to pass through shallow water. ~ Page 13

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