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Traditional Boats of the World - Chine bLog is mapping the boats we love
A while ago I tried to create a dynamic map with traditional boats plotted according to their origin. I quickly ran into technical difficulties and scrapped it. Now, thanks to new functionality from our friends at Google Maps, I have again plotted traditional boats on an interactive map, linking each to relevant posts on Chine bLog and elsewhere. Please let me know if you have one to add. Enjoy!
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Addendum 1 - Big update now in - I have added more meaningful icons and color schemes. Please view the map in concert with the legend below.
Addendum 2 - I am adding this after the fact in response to a question that is going around my head (especially since I hit the US and UK): what constitutes "traditional" for purposes of this project? My (loose) working definition is that I want to show "designs" that are a) small, b) roughly a century old or more (to the origin of the "design" or "class"), and c) originally utilitarian (i.e., I am generally avoiding yachts). Reproductions are cool if they are very true to the original "design" / "class" as stated above. This is where I am today, anyway...
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I have begun incorporating a number of other sources into this map and have linked to them within individual entries. A few of note are: Indigenous Boats (http://intheboatshed.net/), Malay Traditional Boat (http://traditionalboat.blogspot.com/), intheboatshed.net (http://indigenousboats.blogspot.com/), and the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (http://www.nmmc.co.uk). Thanks, all.
Hi, got steered here by a post on 70.8%. He had an image of a basket shaped Malay boat, which reminded me of a trip I took to Drogheda on the Boyne River, just North of Dublin. The traditional curragh used there was essentially a woven basket, similar in shape/design to that posted on Thomas's site. Here's a link to a book sample that includes a drawing:
http://books.google.com/books?id=HjDPRIC6QhwC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=boyne+river+traditional+boats&source=web&ots=eYSIXJdKcv&sig=TodBUwwoPdQW88C5gc1Uft0R0vI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA235,M1
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Fair enough - I stand corrected.
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That is not an IC, it is a 16/30 decked sailing canoe.
Tue, 11.11.2008 02:24
That is not an IC, it is a 16/30 decked sailing canoe.
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