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khubilai khan’s lost fleet In Search of a Legendary Armada KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 1 6/13/08 8:38:23 AM james p. delgado KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 2 6/13/08 8:38:23 AM Khubilai Khan s ’ l o s t f l e e t james p. delgado In Search of a Legendary Armada Douglas & McIntyre Vancouver/Toronto KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 3 6/13/08 8:38:23 AM Copyright © 2008 by James P. Delgado 08 09 10 11 12 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. 2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201 Vancouver, British Columbia v5t 4s7 www.douglas-mcintyre.com Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Delgado, James P Khubilai Khan’s lost fleet : in search of a legendary armada / James Delgado. Includes bibliographical references and index. IsBn 978-1-55365-273-1 1. Kublai Khan, 1216–1294. 2. China—History, Naval—To 1644. 3. China—History—Yuan dynasty, 1260–1368. 4. Japan—History—Attempted Mongol Invasions, 1274–1281. 5. Southeast Asia—History, Naval. 6. Underwater archaeology—Japan. 7. China—Antiquities. I. Title. Ds750.76.D45 2008 951’.025 c2008-901970-9 Editing by Scott Steedman Jacket and text design by Jessica Sullivan Jacket image courtesy of Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Printed and bound in Canada by Freisens Printed on acid-free paper that is forest friendly (100% post-consumer recycled paper) and has been processed chlorine free. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BpIDp) for our publishing activities. KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 4 6/13/08 8:38:23 AM Contents tImelIne of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Dynasties and Periods vi Maps viii Introduction 1 prologue | A Divine Wind 8 one | Hakozaki 14 two | Asian Mariners 23 three | Enter the Mongols 35 Four | Khubilai Khan 47 FIve | The Song 61 sIx | Tsukushi 75 seven | The Bun’ei War 87 eIght | The Mongols Return 99 nIne | Kamikaze 112 ten | Takashima 126 eleven | Broken Ships 140 twelve | Distant Seas, Distant Fields 154 epIlogue | The Legacy of Khubilai Khan’s Navy 168 Acknowledgements 179 Sources 185 Notes 196 Index 217 KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 5 6/13/08 8:38:24 AM Timeline of Chinese, Japanese And Korean Dynasties and Periods KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 6 6/13/08 8:38:24 AM china T’ang 618–907 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 902–979 Liao 916–1125 Jin 1115–1234 Xia 1038–1227 Northern Song 960–1127 Southern Song 1127–1279 Yüan 1279–1368 Ming 1368–1644 Qing 1644–1911 Republic of China 1911–1949 Japanese Occupation 1937–1945 People’s Republic of China 1949– japan Kofun 300–538 Asuka 538–710 Nara 710–784 Heian 794–1185 Kamakura 1192–1333 Muromachi 1338–1573 Azuchi-Momoyama 1573–1603 Edo (Tokugawa) 1603–1867 Meiji 1868–1912 Taisho 1912–1926 Showa 1926–1989 Heisei 1989– korea Three Kingdoms Period 313–688 United Silla Dynasty 688–935 Kōryo Dynasty 935–1392 Choson (yI) Dynasty 1392–1910 Japanese Occupation 1910–1945 North and South Korea 1945– KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 7 6/13/08 8:38:24 AM east asia mongolia ng (Yellow) Bei•ji ng Sea of Japan a R Hu vi korea e r G • (site of Koryo) r Pingdu japan a • chinaHsia•n g-yanndg Canal S•u zYheSoleulaow Korea Strait K• obe Tokyo Xiaoshan• • East Y a n g tze River Ningbo China Sea Red RiverHà Ni Gua•n gzhou • (Hanoi) Hainan South Pacific Ocean China • Vijaya (Đà Nang) Sea vietnam StraitSs uonf dMa aSltarcaictaJava Cheju-do KTToasrkueasash h i•Stmi r mP a i a tu sa so Tfsa un sh iISmkatira•it H(Faukkautoaka) Bali • Kyushu Nagasaki 0 400 miles 0 60 miles 0 400 kilometres 0 60 kilometres viii KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 8 6/13/08 8:38:25 AM the invasion of 1274 korea (site of koryo) Sea of Japan Masan • •Pusan t i a r � t S �ea • K o m o ta u s hTi s mu ashima nagato or Ts K raits of � Iki chikuzen St � •Hakata • buzen Dazaifu Hirado • hizen chikugo 0 20 miles 0 20 kilometres ix KhubulaiKhanInteriorFinal.indd 9 6/13/08 8:38:25 AM
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