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Post by quincannon on Jan 8, 2020 22:45:49 GMT
No, the naval forces of Colorado and Kansas. They intend to duke it out for control of the south fork of the Platte River. Stand by to repel borders.
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Post by herosrest on Jan 8, 2020 23:03:27 GMT
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Post by herosrest on Jan 9, 2020 12:47:03 GMT
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Post by herosrest on Jan 9, 2020 14:09:04 GMT
Early 15th century China was an adventurous outward looking bureaucracy trading across the Indian Ocean for gold which treasure fleets shipped home. Such wealth was produced that rivalries for influence between Mandarins and Zheng He, the admiral of the Treasure Fleets led the Emperor to destroy the fleet and settle for isolation. The large number of ships at sea trading, were secretly ordered to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands by Zheng and reported as destroyed to Zhu Zhanji. Zheng He died in 1433 as the fleet hid at Cocos. Zhu Zhanji died in 1435 without knowledge of the vast fortune on the Islands. Interesting, n'est pas? So, how did that several hundreds of tons of gold end up at the bottom of the Sunda Straights in 1699..... ? 42 junks each carried 17 tons of gold. Read on. That is $ 36.7 billion. One ton is 51 ish millions usd. Did I mention the Ross family...... hmmmm.... not yet!
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Post by herosrest on Jan 9, 2020 14:56:06 GMT
Here's an interesting thing. The Crusades, and advent of Muslim relegionism which inspired them, brought immense expansion of trade and thus coinage spread and mingled across continents and realms. Gold and silver could be restruck but suffered the widespread ill of clipping. Thus the mingling of coinage was global and a ducat from France could end up in the hands of a Chinese emperor, via the Holy Land, Mecca, and the Vijayanagar Empire. Gold Duc(k) Clipping Nov 12th, 1278 All 3000 Jews in England Arrested. 680 imprisoned. 300 executed.
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Post by herosrest on Jan 9, 2020 16:11:12 GMT
I'm still doing some background stuff for the myriad who will never get to read about the World's greatest lost hoard. Sunda Straights - MAPGateway to the Indian Ocean. This area was scene of some quite vicious naval warfare during 1942 particularly and afterwards until wars end. The tiny island right in thr middle of the narrows is called Sangiang and more of it later. There should be a blue dot marker below the (linked) online maps 'search this area' button. That is Krakatoa below the sea. The Battle of BubatJava Naval BattlesHouston & PerthPadre Steve Great blog page and particularly VMF-221 at Midway. This linked item is worthy of a read when next, or if ever, you just want to empty either your mind or some vowels. In the latter case, start with a low 'U'.................. Good read. Did ya hear the one about the Japanese Admiral telling his fleet to, 'Damn the torpeoses!' - Ahem. Inventing The Armoured Carrier. 75th Anniversary.
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Post by herosrest on Jan 9, 2020 17:25:16 GMT
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was the third Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. His was a prominent medieval Bengali sultan and established diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire of China while pursuing cultural contacts with leading thinkers in Persia and conquered Assam. During the early part of his reign, he conquered and occupied Kamarupa in modern-day Assam. His interests included establishing an independent judiciary and fostering Persianate and Bengali culture. The Sultan pioneered diplomatic relations with China by sending embassies to the Ming dynasty court in Peking. He exchanged envoys and gifts with the Yongle Emperor. Bengal was interested in establishing a strategic partnership with China to counter the influence of its neighbors, including the Delhi Sultanate. The Chinese mediated in several regional disputes. He built strong relations with the Sultanate of Jaunpur in North India and sent envoys to the Hejaz and financed construction of madrasas in Mecca and Medina. It Sultan's final years overlap Zheng He's advance across the Indian Ocean and in some way, the Sultan's pet Giraffe made its way to China's emperor although I cannot deduce whether he was clothed or not, when it arrived. Beijing did not become the prominent capital city until around 1420 with completion of the Forbidden Fruit. I wonder if that giraffe had a happy life? I do hope so since it must have been incredibly lonely out there. ps Two of the most influential people who ever lived. They robbed the Emperor of $36bn. Zheng obviously decided to grow a pair of balls.
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Post by herosrest on Jan 11, 2020 17:25:23 GMT
An Emperor's Junk of Admiral Zheng He's fleet, compared to Columbus' Santa Maria. Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch, mariner and explorer who served as close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China (1403-1424), the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng commanded a fleet of huge treasure ships, sent to spread Chinese influence far and wide. He travelled at least seven times to "The Western Ocean" with his fleet of 30,000 men and seventy ships at its height. It is well documented that Zheng He explored Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, India, Persia, the Persian Gulf, Arabia, the Red Sea as far north as Egypt, and Africa as far south as the Mozambique Channel. He brought back to China many trophies and envoys from more than thirty kingdoms. The Lost TreasureUnfortunately, Ming dynasty coins have recently been found in Molossia under circumstances leading sensible study of Zgeng He's Heist, astray in amusing fashion. As the advertising states, Molossia is well known for its nuts. Of course, Zheng didn't have any. link Chinese Dynasty Documentary
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Post by herosrest on Jan 11, 2020 18:10:41 GMT
An important caveat with considerations of Chinese coinage. It was not of precious metals and would in relative terms be worthless at face value. Of course, and off course, the trading fleet imported gold and silver, as previously intimated, to China in a flood of wealth from the fourteen corners of the western world. Zheng He's treature is 700 tons of western gold coin, bulion and trinkets. Paper money originated in China but as with the coined practice of clipping, it brought about rapid inflation as we understand hyperinflation today since every fool and his giraffe could put ink to paper.
All was not well in 15th Century China despite the surviving written record and there was trouble as ever to the north. The Ming (1369–1644) rebuilt, manned and expanded China's Great Walls at fantastic cost in manpower, whilst undertaking a series of punitive military campaigns against the Mongols, during the last of which he (the Emperor) perished. Wakey, wakey... back of the class. He died on campaign.
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Post by herosrest on Jan 11, 2020 20:05:47 GMT
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Post by herosrest on Jan 11, 2020 22:59:36 GMT
Do not miss out on this background and very beautiful history. We arrive to the beauty that launched a thousand dreams and the Emperor's daughter. [/a] Hope that code worked.That be Li po, given by translation as Hang Li, Hang Li Po or DDG. She is given to be The Emperor's Daughter and delivered to Melika with an entourage of thousands to woo that state at the gateway to the Indian Ocean. A daughter/ Perhaps not but then..... how many wives did the Emporor have. Aaaagh...... so! There is vagueness with record of Hang Li Po with the name not known in inscrutable files but hold on. Is hang, Ming or is it Hung? Hung Li po. Better. I'm sure that it is not Wang. Now here is an interesting thing. The Portugese arrived to Java as it was not then known, at that time. Founded in the beginning of the 15th century, through Malacca passed all trade between China and India. As a result of its ideal position, the city harboured many communities of merchants which included Arabians, Persians, Turks, Armenians, Birmanese, Bengali, Siamese, Peguans and Lusong, the four most influential being the Muslim Gujaratis and Javanese, Hindus from the Coromandel Coast, and Chinese. According to the Portuguese apothecary Tomé Pires, who lived in Malacca between 1512 and 1514, as many as 84 dialects were spoken in Malacca. The Portuguese factor Rui de Araújo said it had 10,000 homes, with an estimated population of at least 40,000. The city was built on swamp surrounded by inhospitable tropical forest, and imported everything for sustenance. Malacca kept a group of captured cannibals from New Guinea to whom the perpetrators of serious crimes were fed. The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city. The port controlled the narrow, strategic Strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated. The capture was planned by King Manuel I of Portugal, who intended to establish firm foundations for Portuguese India, alongside Hormuz, Goa and Aden, and control trade to thwart Muslim shipping in the Indian Ocean. Setting sail from Cochin in April 1511, the expedition would not have been able to turn around due to contrary monsoon winds. Had the enterprise failed, the Portuguese could not hope for reinforcements and would have been unable to return to their bases in India. It was the farthest territorial conquest in the European history until then. St. John's Fort, Melaka is a small white 18th century fort built by the Dutch on a low hill 3 km from the centre of the city of Malacca. The Portuguese built a chapel on this site in the 1500s named after St. John the Baptist. During the Portuguese colonial period they had to fight off attacks from the former Sultan of Malacca, Sultan Mahmud Syah, then from the Johoreans and finally the Acehnese who destroyed the chapel in 1628. Although the Dutch took over Melaka in 1641, it was not until 120 years later that they built the fort we see today to thwart attacks from the Bugis. The fort is made of laterite stone and bricks. There is only one entrance. The walls are 10-12 feet high with cannon emplacements facing both inland and seawards. Some of the original bronze cannons are still found in a well preserved condition inside the fort, inscribed Jan Albert de Grave, Amstelodami which was how Amsterdam castings of the period were marked. Jan Albert de Grave was the bell-maker to the city of Amsterdam during the period 1699-1729. During times of war bell-making was suspended and they turned to the manufacture of guns and cannons. Here's a seriously interesting bit of the history. The first Portuguese references to Malacca appear after Vasco da Gama's return from the expedition that opened a direct route to India around the Cape of Good Hope. It was described as a city that was 40 days' journey from India, where clove, nutmeg, porcelains and silks were sold, and was supposedly ruled by a sovereign who could gather 10,000 men for war and was Christian. She was a princess and daughter of the Yǒnglè Emperor. It goes on and on doesn't it but I have laid out only the salient relevances in my wonderfully direct enlightment. Few on this planet have the all or where with it, to follow this hopping toad and itss potential for dreary confusions but just remember that there is a sun up there every day. Here's a list of Ming Dynasty Emperors link and there is a lot of confusion about the third one. Check out number four"
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Post by herosrest on Jan 11, 2020 23:27:39 GMT
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Post by herosrest on Jan 12, 2020 0:44:40 GMT
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque engaged in the last conventional battle fought by the Portuguese Navy at 12:00, 18 December, 1961; when several Indian frigates entered Mormugao harbor and opened fire.
In response, Afonso de Albuquerque lifted anchor and returned fire with nearly 400 rounds from its 120 mm guns and hitting two enemy vessels. Suffering severe damage with five of the crew killed and 13 injured (including its captain), the ship was stranded and evacuated under heavy fire.
The patrol boat NRP Vega led by 2nd Lieutenant Oliveira e Carmo, also engaged defying the attacking cruiser Delhi and opening fire with its 20 mm gun against the enemy aircraft striking Diu, hitting and forcing down an Indian Toofani jet (Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan) fighter-bomber. In retaliation, aircraft focused on the Vega, which was destroyed and sunk, with two of the crew (including its captain) killed and three injured.
The last Portuguese Navy Aircraft Carrier PSS Jose Socrates at Guincho link
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Post by herosrest on Apr 11, 2020 22:00:46 GMT
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Post by herosrest on Jul 27, 2022 15:03:55 GMT
PLAN - People's Liberation Army Navy link
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