{"product_id":"2026200014227-secondhand-setting-sails-a-tribute-to-the-chinese-junk","title":"Setting Sails: A Tribute To The Chinese Junk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew vessels in human history carry the romantic and functional legacy of the Chinese junk — a ship that conquered the vast Pacific centuries before the Western world had charted its shores. Setting Sails: A Tribute to the Chinese Junk is a stunning visual and literary homage to one of Asia's most iconic seafaring crafts, chronicling its enduring presence across the waters of the South China Sea and beyond. Derek Maitland's authoritative prose charts the cultural, historical, and maritime significance of the junk, weaving together rich narrative detail with the seafaring traditions of ancient Chinese civilization, while Nik Wheeler's evocative photography captures these majestic vessels in their natural element with breathtaking intimacy.\n\nPublished by South China Morning Post Publications, this volume stands as a landmark work of Asian maritime documentation, presenting a rare intersection of photojournalism and historical scholarship. Maitland's writing is both lyrical and precise, drawing readers into a world where wind, wood, and water tell stories of trade, migration, and survival spanning millennia. Wheeler's black-and-white and colour imagery elevates the subject to the level of fine art, immortalising a way of life that modernity threatens to erase — leaving the reader to wonder just how many secrets these ancient sails still carry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160894841051,"sku":"2026200014227-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f1d3247c-f1e0-4f66-9654-3b36eecb5308.png?v=1787188148","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014227-secondhand-setting-sails-a-tribute-to-the-chinese-junk","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}