BIG

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CHINESE

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SHIPS

>>71527643
hey ive been here

Does an average chink city have a museum or a zoo or a similar institution that doesn't double as a shopping center?

Also surely Santa Maria isn't even the biggest European ship of it's period.

>>71527643
How'd they get beaten then?

And wouldn't big ships be worse on the seas? Or is it the other way around?

>>71527643
>>71527668
fuck I love these

>>71529000
they weren't, the Chinese just had a habit of scuttling their own fleet every few years

>>71527693
probably not true though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_treasure_ship
>Some scholars argue that it is highly unlikely that Zheng He's ship was 140 metres (460 ft) in length, some estimating that it was 110–124 m (390–408 feet) long and 49–51 m (160–166 feet) wide instead [11] while others put them as 61–76 m (200–250 feet) in length,[13][14] since in later historical periods ships approaching the extreme sizes claimed for the treasure ships (such as HMS Orlando and the schooner Wyoming) were unwieldy and visibly undulated with the waves, even with steel braces.

>One explanation for the alleged size of these colossal ships was that the largest 44 Zhang treasure ships were merely for a display of imperial power by the Emperor and imperial bureaucrats on the Yangtze River when on court business, including when reviewing Zheng He's actual expedition fleet. The Yangtze River, with its calmer waters, may have been navigable for such large but unseaworthy ships. Zheng He would not have had the privilege in rank to command the largest of these ships. The largest ships of Zheng He's fleet were the 6 masted 2000-liao ships. This would give burthen of 500 tons and a displacement tonnage of about 800 tons.[4][14][15]

>>71529000
The anglos ruined their economy with drugs

>>71529000
Extremely poor in high sees
There is a good book about the Chinese navel history can't remember the name but In realty they much preferred to control there rivers to which tradition was born from and continues in treating them as holy/ with great respect

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>>71530580
>navel history

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>>71527643
>meanwhile in Europe, agile ships with more guns win every time

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