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The djong, jong, jung, or original junk is a type of sailing ship originating from Java that was widely used by Javanese sailors. The word was and is spelled jong in its languages of origin, the "djon
Depiction of a three-masted Javanese jong in Banten, by Hieronymus Megiser, 1610
Early European illustration of jongs and other smaller craft in Banten (D'Eerste Boeck, c. 1599), note the double rudders which distinguished Southeast Asian ships from the Chinese chuán which had a central rudder; a 32–40-ton djong is depicted on the right with 2 tanja sails, a bowsprit sail, and the bridge (an opening in the lower deck)
A Javanese sailor
A bronze cannon, called a cetbang, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from ca. 1470–1478 Majapahit; notice the Surya Majapahit emblem on the cannon
Junk rig
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The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sailing rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend t
Djong
…romanization. In English, the jong lends its name to other ships of similar configuration, called junks, and to their characteristic style of rigging, the junk rig. Jongs are used mainly as seagoing passenger and cargo vessels. They traveled as far as the Atlantic Ocean in the medieval era. Their tonnage ranged…
The Keying was a Chinese ship that employed a junk sailing rig.
Scale model of a Tagalog outrigger ship with junk sails from Manila, 19th century
A bronze mirror of Tang, Wudai, or Song era, shows a ship with a square sail. Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xi'an.