Tanja sail: Difference between revisions

Most Southeast Asian and Austronesian vessels used the tanja sail. This type of sail brought Malay sailors as far as [[Ghana]] in the 8th century,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Phantom Voyagers: Evidence of Indonesian Settlement in Africa in Ancient Times|last=Dick-Read|first=Robert|publisher=Thurlton|year=2005}}</ref> and there is probability these sailor reached the New World as early as 1420 A.D. using [[Javanese junk]]s.<ref>Text from Fra Mauro map, 10-A13, original Italian: "Circa hi ani del Signor 1420 una naue ouer çoncho de india discorse per una trauersa per el mar de india a la uia de le isole de hi homeni e de le done de fuora dal cauo de diab e tra le isole uerde e le oscuritade a la uia de ponente e de garbin per 40 çornade, non trouando mai altro che aiere e aqua, e per suo arbitrio iscorse 2000 mia e declinata la fortuna i fece suo retorno in çorni 70 fina al sopradito cauo de diab. E acostandose la naue a le riue per suo bisogno, i marinari uedeno uno ouo de uno oselo nominato chrocho, el qual ouo era de la grandeça de una bota d'anfora."</ref><ref>Carta IX, 1 April 1512. In Pato, Raymundo Antonio de Bulhão (1884). ''[https://archive.org/details/cartasdeaffonso03albugoog/page/n98/mode/2up?q Cartas de AfonsoAffonso de Albuquerque, VolumeSeguidas 1,de Documentos que as Elucidam tomo I]'' p(pp. 64,29–65). AprilLisboa: 1,Typographia 1512da Academia Real das Sciencas.</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2022|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]). Need proper academic source such as journal or book.}} Some examples of vessels that use tanja sails include: