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Re: Great Brickain
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:39:23 GMT
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> (Odd Trivia Bit: The Chinese treasure fleet of Hseng Ho in 1451 was the • largest
> fleet ever assembled, tonnagewise, before the Allied fleet at the Battle • of
> Leyte Gulf in 1944. Some of the junks that sailed to East Africa were • over 200m
> in length with six enormous masts, and the assembled fleet carried over • 40,000
> people--and was commanded by a eunuch. Go figure! Let's just say that • these
> are people who *know* how to sail...whether two masts or six.)
I suppose the eunuchs all sailed at half-mast.... (ok, bad joke!)
Seriously, though, a Chinese merchant / pirate fleet would be so cool!
Paul Davidson
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