VINTAGE MARITIME ACCOUNTS DEBUNK CHINA'S CLAIM

Libreria Filipiniana often appears on FB to offer titles that are scarce.

- ALFRED A. YUSON

Sometimes they're recent books, of late having included Rethinking Filipino Millennials: Alternative Perspectives on a Misunderstood Generation, edited by Jayeel Cornelio, 2022 National Book Awards winner for Social Sciences, and a "Heritage Architecture Bundle" that includes Diksyonaryong Biswal ng Arkitekturang Filipino by Rino D.A. Fernandez, published in 2015 as a hardbound edition.

An item aroused curiosity some weeks back, despite only sharing References to vintage accounts on maritime traditions in Asia-Pacific, plus some quotes, with "O Credits to Owners." These include: "Heng, Derek (2019). Ships, Shipwrecks, and Archaeological Recoveries as Sources of Southeast Asian History. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History...; Pham, Charlotte Minh-Hà (2012). Asian Shipbuilding| Technology. Bangkok... ISBN 978-92-9223-413-3; Dick-Read, Robert (2005). The Phantom Voyagers: Evidence of Indonesian Settlement in Africa in Ancient Times ...; Manguin, Pierre-Yves (September 1980), 'The Southeast Asian Ship: An Historical Approach'. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; Manguin, Pierre-Yves. 2012.

"Asian ship-building traditions in the Indian Ocean at the dawn of European expansion"...; and Worcester, G. R. G. (1947). The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, A Study in Chinese Nautical Research ...." I na pseudonymously written argument, some paragraphs that drew my attention provide interesting excerpts: "Is China's claim of Nine-Dash line based on history relevant in modem times today? In fact, Southeast Asia maritime people controlled first the Nine-Dash before China accepted the transfer of navigation technology...