Maritime salvage operations are very difficult undertakings but often yield great results such as the discovery of sunken treasure at Sinan.

This was a daunting nine year task of recovering all the porcelain and every piece of the original ship.

I agree with you - the reconstruction of the vessel is awe-inspiring.

It's interesting that despite the troubled history between Korea and Japan they found a neutral party in China so they could trade goods.

I wonder if trade flourished even more among these three nations if their relations might have improved?

The raw Asian wood that was exported for furniture making indicates it wasn't just finished goods being exchanged but raw resources.

Almost as impressive as the recovered ship were the row upon row of glass display cases filled with countless artifacts.

This was an informative and beautifully presented post, @slowwalker.