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The South China Sea
The history and crafts used to navigate the 3,500,000 km of waters of the South China Sea
The oceans and seas of the world, and the enterprise and ingenuity that has been used to master them.
Episode six: The South China Sea and the history and crafts used to navigate the 3,500,000 square km of waters from Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan.
"One of the great features of Chinese civilisation is the use it makes of bamboo, and if you make a raft of bamboo, you end up with one end pointed and one end broad, and if you put that in the water, you have a duck-shape." David Waters, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum.
Presented by Roger Fenby.
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