Merchant boat ashore after 800 years at sea bottom

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-12-27 16:20


A merchant boat, dubbed the Nanhai No. 1, or "South China Sea No. 1," is being moved to the "Crystal Palace," the Marine Silk Road Museum of Guangdong in South China's Guangdong Province. Dec. 26. The ancient merchant boat loaded with porcelain, sank off the South China coast 800 years ago. [Xinhua]

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