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 DHOW MEDIUM', 'Item #B080', 'Dhow is just the very word conjures up a host of images, from pearl divers and fishermen to merchants, smugglers and adventurers. Like the Windtower, the dhow is synonymous with the Gulf, and it is probably one of the most widely-recognised icons of Arab culture, known to millions who have never travelled in the region', '754'))
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', 'The Whitehall originated in about 1820...', '347'))
', 'This model of canoe is built from strips of red and yellow cedar wood and has fiber glass. This boat comes with a set of two paddles', '704'))
', 'Item # B068 - All the models the same size as 60L x 12W x 15H - cm)', 'Models are hand-crafted from hard wood. The models come with a base and the paddles.', '656'))
', 'In the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty...
...the South China Sea continued to be an attractive and thriving refuge for pirates. Sea trade in and around the Orient was flourishing, while the local governments offered only helplessness and apathy. China was gradually breaking apart into civil war, and Hong Kong\'s Victoria Harbour had so much sea traffic that it became impossible for the British to police.
Trade between Hong Kong and other South China Sea ports was bustling with merchants transporting commodities, slaves—and even more sinister cargo. Only the bravest dared stow Opium, for fear of British patrols or worse...bloodthirsty pirates. The illegal Opium trade could bring high reward...and all too often, cruel death.
The last thing any ship loaded with precious cargo wanted to encounter was a Chinese Junk loaded with cannons at the ready. Pirate Junks lurked the rivers and harbors of China and Hong Kong, and it was often impossible to tell whether they belonged to merchants or pirates...
...until it was too late...
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