USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The main ships of Zheng He’s fleet were instead six-masted 2000-liao ships. That would give burthen of 500 tons and a displacement tonnage of about 800 tons. Traditional and popular accounts of Zheng He’s voyages have described a great fleet of gigantic ships far larger than any other wooden ships in history.

Detailed explanation-2: -The origin of the word “junk” in the English language can be traced to the Portuguese word junco, which is rendered from the Arabic word j-n-k (). This word comes from the fact that the Arabic script cannot represent the sound spelled with the digraph “ng".

Detailed explanation-3: -Four major types of Chinese ships were used during the Qing dynasty: shachuan (sand junk), niaochuan (bird junk), fuchuan (Fuzhou junk), and guangchuan (Guangzhou junk). A sand junk had a flat bottom. It would leave the mouth of the Yangtze River and sail in the shallow waters along the Chinese coasts.

Detailed explanation-4: -junk, classic Chinese sailing vessel of ancient unknown origin, still in wide use. High-sterned, with projecting bow, the junk carries up to five masts on which are set square sails consisting of panels of linen or matting flattened by bamboo strips. Each sail can be spread or closed at a pull, like a venetian blind.