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The Steam Ship (SS) Duke of Sparta or SS Aquila shipwreck site is one of the underwater cultural heritages (UCH) discovered in Ambon Bay, Moluccas waters, Indonesia. Currently, this 1940-s British-Italian shipwreck is threatened by an oil spill…

Quang Ngai is a province located in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam, on the coast of the East Sea. It borders Quang Nam Province which is home to the famous Cu Lao Cham shipwreck in the north and the Binh Dinh Province in the south. It has…

The British bark Larpent left Liverpool for the Far East in May 1850, and was lost in the China seas the year next. Three of its survivors were rescued, and both Great Britain and the United States sent agents to search other possible survivors in…

The historical ports of Southeast Asia were highly active regional mercantile hubs located at the crossroads between the East Asian and Indian Ocean trading networks. These strategically places attracted merchants and sailors from the world over,…

Although it has long been known that a purposely designed and built ‘pagoda’ lighthouse existed on the Penghu Islands’ Xiyu (Fisher’s) Island as of 1778, exactly what it looked like, how large it was and where it was placed vis-à-vis the 1875 Chinese…

Archaeological discoveries at Sembiran and Pacung in Northeastern Bali indicate that contacts between Bali and India, China, as well as Mainland Southeast Asia have already occurred at the late second century BC. At the same time, maritime activities…