"Stephen Davies reinstates a unique--and long forgotten--voyage of a Chinese junk across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans to its rightful place in global history. A remarkable scholarly achievement based on a rare combination of sharp historical analysis, met

"Davies has brought a little-known story of Chinese economic and cultural outreach to light. Rising above the heated controversies regarding just where and how far afield junks could and did travel, he presents an entertaining but carefully documented tal

"An erudite and scholarly account of a largely forgotten mid-nineteenth century verifiable voyage of the three-masted Chinese trading junk, Keying from Hong Kong to London via the Cape of Good Hope, New York and Boston, which will be of interest to all ma

"Davies presents a superbly written lively account of the junk Keying and its famous voyage from Hong Kong to New York and London. Being of a naval tradition himself and understanding the intricacies of marine voyages and naval architecture, the author re

Stephen Davies is former Museum Director of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and later its first China State Ship building Corporation Research Fellow. He is currently an Hon. Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Hong Kong.