There was, it has to be said, a hint of subterfuge about the Keying. One had only to learn the captain’s name, Charles Alfred ...

There were 3.8 tons of ceramic cargo on the 14th-century shipwreck, including a huge amount of Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain.

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought porcelain, tea and other goods from Asia to Africa, the Middle East and Europe ...