2009, ISBN: bde93da98c47477f33518daaa75d7163

London, The Bodley Head, 225p. Gut After finally achieving what eluded even his grandfather Ghengis Khan - the conquest of China - and inheriting the world's largest navy, Khubilai Khan t… Mehr…

London, The Bodley Head, 225p. Gut After finally achieving what eluded even his grandfather Ghengis Khan - the conquest of China - and inheriting the world's largest navy, Khubilai Khan turned his sights to Japan, which he attacked with an immense armada in 1274. Vastly outnumbered and facing total massacre, the Japanese prayed to their gods for survival, and the very next day Khan's entire armada was destroyed by a 'divine wind' (kamikaze). When Khan tried again seven years later, with a fleet double the size of the first, the very same thing happened. The legend of the kamikaze - revived as a Japanese national legend as they modernised and militarised, culminating in the suicide bombers of WWII - has endured for centuries.Now, after decades of painstaking research and underwater excavation, marine archaeologist James Delgado has discovered what really happened. Based on original sources as diverse as actual sunken ships, archeological excavations on land, temple inscriptions, hand-painted scrolls, woodblock prints, and historical and literary records from China, Japan and Vietnam, Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet is a captivating journey back through the mists of time. It tells the fascinating tale of the great Mongol's maritime forays, offers a compelling study of where myth, legend and history blend and blur, and solves one of history's greatest mysteries: what sank the Khan's immense fleet?Asien allgemein 2009<

2009, ISBN: bde93da98c47477f33518daaa75d7163

Gebundene Ausgabe

[SC: 20.18], [PU: London: The Bodley Head], KUBLAI KHAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP MONGOLS HISTORY JAPAN ATTEMPTED MONGOL INVASIONS NAVAL MARITIME ASIAN MIDDLE EASTERN CHINA SHIPS SHIPBUILDING A… Mehr…

[SC: 20.18], [PU: London: The Bodley Head], KUBLAI KHAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP MONGOLS HISTORY JAPAN ATTEMPTED MONGOL INVASIONS NAVAL MARITIME ASIAN MIDDLE EASTERN CHINA SHIPS SHIPBUILDING ASIA MEDIEVAL NOISBN, Jacket, First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); (xi) 225pp; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps [4]; ISBN: 978-1-847-92077-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#184440|| Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.<

2009, ISBN: bde93da98c47477f33518daaa75d7163

Gebundene Ausgabe

[SC: 16.54], [PU: London: The Bodley Head], KUBLAI KHAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP MONGOLS HISTORY JAPAN ATTEMPTED MONGOL INVASIONS NAVAL MARITIME ASIAN MIDDLE EASTERN CHINA SHIPS SHIPBUILDING A… Mehr…

[SC: 16.54], [PU: London: The Bodley Head], KUBLAI KHAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP MONGOLS HISTORY JAPAN ATTEMPTED MONGOL INVASIONS NAVAL MARITIME ASIAN MIDDLE EASTERN CHINA SHIPS SHIPBUILDING ASIA MEDIEVAL NOISBN, Jacket, First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); (xi) 225pp; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps [4]; ISBN: 978-1-847-92077-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #184440|| Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.<

2009, ISBN: bde93da98c47477f33518daaa75d7163

Taschenbuch

[PU: Bodley Head London 2009], 1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy small octavo 225pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, The disastrous naval campaigns against Japan in 1274 & 1281. Pape… Mehr…

[PU: Bodley Head London 2009], 1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy small octavo 225pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, The disastrous naval campaigns against Japan in 1274 & 1281. Paper toning o/w nice copy<

2009, ISBN: bde93da98c47477f33518daaa75d7163

Taschenbuch

[PU: Bodley Head London 2009], 1st edition stiff wrappers Fine small octavo 225pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, The disastrous naval campaigns against Japan in 1274 & 1281