Sometime around 830-840 AD a merchant ship set sail, most likely from the Chinese port of Yangzhou, or perhaps from Guangzhou further south...
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A Questing Curiosity
IN SEARCH OF ZARATHUSTRA: ACROSS IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA TO FIND THE WORLD’S FIRST PROPHET by Paul Kriwaczek (Vintage, 2002) I stumbled upo...
Visiting the 'Vasa'
It took three years to build the Vasa . Employing a diverse array of craftsmen – carpenters, smiths, ropemakers, sailmakers, glaziers, pa...