Vũng Tàu shipwreck

Vũng Tàu shipwreck

The Vũng Tàu shipwreck is a wreck that was found in the South China Sea off the islands of Con Dao about 100 miles from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. The wreck was of a lorcha, a Chinese vessel with Portuguese influences that has been dated to about 1690. [cite journal | authorlink =Michael Flecker | title =Excavation of an oriental vessel of c. 1690 off Con Dao, Vietnam | journal =The International Journal of Nautical Archeology | volume = 21.3 | pages = 221-244| date =1992 | url=http://www.maritime-explorations.com/Vung%20Tau%20IJNA.pdf] It was found by a fisherman who had picked up numerous pieces of porcelain from the wreck while fishing. Sverker Hallstrom identified the wreck and its cargo in 1990. [cite web | last = | first = | title =Porcelain from the Vung Tau Wreck | url=http://www.orchidbooks.com/other_pubs_sun_tree.html | accessdate = 2008-06-01] Australian diver Michael Flecker took charge of the archaeological aspect of the excavation.cite web | last = | first = | title =Shipwreck Explorer:Vung Tau | url=http://www.shipwreckexplorer.com/hallstrom/vungtau/vungtau.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-01] An analysis of its cargo deduced that the ship was bound for China from Jakarta, Indonesia where the porcelain would have been purchased by the Dutch East India Company for trans-shipment to Holland.cite web | last = | first = | title =Maritime Explorations:The Vung Tau Shipwreck | url=http://www.maritime-explorations.com/vung%20tau.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-01]

Cargo

A total of 48,288 items of fine Qing Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain from Jingdezhen and other artifacts were recovered. These included bamboo combs, inkwells, tweezers, dice, and dishes. Christie's, the British auction house, selected 28,000 pieces of porcelain for auction in Amsterdam in 1992. The auction house sold the porcelain for a total of USD 7.3 million. The Vung Tau Museum in Vietnam houses a representative sample of all the artifacts. The remainder of the ceramics, were divided between Hallstrom and the Vietnamese government.

ee also

*Archaeology of shipwrecks
*Marine salvage
*Hoi An Wreck
*Tek Sing

External links

* [http://www.maritime-explorations.com/vung%20tau%20artefacts.htm Images of Vung Tau Shipwreck cargo]
* [http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=14435 Report on other recovered shipwreck cargoes in Vietnam]

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