Go buy candles and kerosene lamps

[facthunter]

The Chinese Junks were made of teak I believe. I've actually been on one and they are impressive. Nev

Edited June 14, 2022 by facthunter

[Old Koreelah]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

The Chinese Junks were made of teak I believe. I've actually been on one and they are impressive. Nev

Wow! I believe a small scale replica was built after the discovery, a few years ago near Shanghai, of an huge dock used to build the originals. A sternpost rudder, big enough for a modern supertanker, was also unearthed.   

 

I believe local dissatisfaction with the enormous amounts of timber being extracted from the forests of Vietnam led to their independence from the Middle Kingdom.

[spacesailor]

AND ,.

The European forest stretched from the west coast, to Present day Turkey. 

Those old french Crusader,s, were always in the woods.

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