The Chinese junk Tek Sing went down in 1822 on the
Belvidere Reef with the loss of some 2,000 people on
board.
The antique porcelain that was raised by Michael Hatcher,
the world's foremost shipwreck salvor, was the subject
of the world's biggest Internet auction of porcelain
in November, 2000.
Nigel Pickford is a celebrated maritime historian and
owns the world's most comprehensive private archive
on lost cargoes. The data in his archive have led to the discovery of more than 70 high-value
cargoes.
Also available in German text, Die Tragodie der Tek
Sing.
