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Enduring voyage of recovery

By Wang Kaihao | China Daily | Updated: 2019-08-13 07:26

It took decades for Chinese nautical archaeologists to dig out the treasures from a trading vessel that sank off the coast of Guangdong in imperial times - but it has been well worth the wait, Wang Kaihao reports.

In 1987, employees of a British maritime salvage company came to Yangjiang, Guangdong province, under an agreement with the Chinese government.

They came to look for the Rijnsburg, a Dutch merchant ship that sank during a typhoon in 1772 while reportedly carrying a bountiful cargo. It was a ship about which they only knew from historical records.

Enduring voyage of recovery

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