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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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