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Craftsmen in the dhow yard in Beypore, Kerala, still build ships the old-fashioned way - by hand, out of Murmese teak without written plans,

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.

Photo size: 16.3 Mpixels (46.6 MB uncompressed) - 4927x3307 pixels (16.4x11 in / 41.7x28 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Beypore, Burmese teak, dhow yard, India, Kerala, page 344, page 345, Silk Road, Zheng He book

Published in: Zheng He, India, China's Great Armada

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