Boats of China and Southeast Asia - Downloads

From Audemard, L., 1959, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol.2: Contruction de la Jonque

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Audemard, L., 1957, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 1: Histoire de la Jonque (history of the junk), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1959, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 2: Construction de la Jonque (junk construction), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1960, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 3: Ornementation et Types (decoration and types), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1962, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 4: Description des Jonques (description of junks), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1963, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 5: Haut Yang Tse Kiang (upper Yang Tse River), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1965, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 6: Bas Yang Tse Kiang (lower Yang Tse River), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1969, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vols. 7 and 8: Côtes Nord et Sud de la Chine (North and South Coasts of China), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1970, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 9: Côtes Est (east coasts), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Audemard, L., 1971, Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 10: Indochine (Indochina [i.e., Vietnam]), Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik"

Dalby, M.C. et al, 1962, The Junk Blue Book: A Handbook of Junks of South Vietnam, US Dept. of Defense

Farrère, Claude and Charles Fouqueray, 1945, Jonques et Sampans, Horizons de France

Han-po Liu, Fishing Sampans in Taiwan, 1963, Taiwan Fisheries Bureau

RACIC, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Columbus Laboratories, 1967, Green Book of Coastal Vessels of Thailand, Joint Thai-U.S. Military Research and Development Center

Worcester, G.R.G., 1940, Junks and Sampans of the Upper Yangtze, 1940, Inspector General of Customs (China).

Worcester, G.R.G., 1941, Notes on the Crooked-bow and Crooked-stern Junks of Szechwan, Inspector General of Customs (China). 

Worcester, G.R.G., 1947, The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, Volume 1: Introduction: and Craft of the Estuary and Shanghai Area, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs

Worcester, G.R.G., 1948,  A Classification of the Principal Chinese Sea-going Junks (South of the Yangtze), Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs

Worcester, G.R.G., 1948, The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze, Volume 2: The Craft of the Lower and Middle Yangtze and Tributaries, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs

Worcester, G.R.G., 1970, The Floating Population in China: An illustrated record of the junkmen and their boats on sea and river, accompanied by Some Chungking Types on the Upper Yangtze River, Vetch and Lee Limited

Piétri, J. B., 1949, Voilers d'Indochine, Nouvelle Édition, S.I.L.I., Saigon

Piétri, J. B., 2006, Sailboats of Indochina, (English translation by Stephanie Dumont of Voilers d'Indochine, Nouvelle Édition, 1949), Vietnam Wooden Boat Foundation, Port Townsend, WA

Poujade, Jean, Bateaux en Indochine, 1940, Imprime par J. Testelin, Saigon