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List of Illustrations xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xxiii Introduction: Views from Different Seas 1 Looking at the Hong Kong Waterfront 1 Traditional Chinese Sail 2 The Ships from the West 4 Different Ships, Different Long Splices 4 Steaming to the Future 6 The Coming Apogee of Square Rig 6 Why the Keying Looked So Different: Naval Architectures Poles Apart . . . 8 . . . To an Unsympathetic Eye 14 Seafarers on the Make 19 The World of the Sailing Junk 20 Seeing the Keying 23 PART I THE VOYAGE OF THE KeyIng Chapter 1 Origins, Purchase and Commissioning 29 The Junk and the Project 29 The Investors 33 A Chinese or British Ship? 36 The Cost of the Project 38 The Crew, Whampoa and Hong Kong 43 Getting Ready 45 Contents x Contents Chapter 2 The Ship’s Name 53 Chapter 3 The Crew and the Voyage to New York 63 All Things Are Ready, If Our Mind Be So 63 The First Leg 74 Smooth Sailing at First 74 Slow Progress and Problems 80 The Second Leg 86 Another Slow Passage 86 Light Winds and a Foul Bottom 93 A Junk’s Steering System 95 The Performance of a Sailing Junk 99 At St. Helena 102 The Third Leg 104 Slower and Slower 104 Contrasted Crewing Systems 107 Crawling northwestwards 111 A Bold Decision 112 Chapter 4 The Troubled Stay in New York 119 The Arrival 119 Entertaining the Public 124 The Keying Arrested by Her Own Crew 125 An Appeal to Congress over Light Dues 135 Understanding the Context 136 Same Ship, Different Long Splices 138 Chapter 5 The Final Leg—Towards Journey’s End 145 Leaving New York 145 The Stay in Boston 149 The Transatlantic Passage 153 The Storm and Repairs at Sea 156 Arrival in the English Channel 159 An Assessment of the Keying’s Voyage Performance 160 Chapter 6 Journey’s End: The London Stay 165 [3.238.62.124] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 13:26 GMT) Contents xi Chapter 7 The Endgame 173 The Last Days of the Keying 173 The Fates of the Crew 180 Charles Kellett 180 The Chinese Crew and the Chinese Ship 185 Lost Traces 188 PART II THE SHIP ITSELF: TYPE, BUILD, PERFORMANCE Chapter 8 What Kind of Vessel Was the Keying? 193 Chapter 9 A Re-appraisal of the Keying’s Likely Shape 207 Chapter 10 The Keying’s Dimensions and Shape 217 Chapter 11 How Fast Could She Go? 229 PART III THE SCraPYARD OF HISTORY Chapter 12 Voyage Over 237 Appendix: The Images of the Keying 243 Notes 255 Bibliography 307 Index 323 ...