Marsala Ship Marsala Ship The Marsala Ship is the earliest warship known from archeological evidence. It is a wreck discovered in 1969 in an area called "Punta Scario" in the harbor of Marsala in western Sicily, Italy, near the Aegadian Islands. The Marsala Ship's "nationality" was painted on the sides with letters by its Punic builders from Carthage. Its architecture and contents show that it was not a merchant cargo ship. A merchant cargo ship made regular journeys and required large containers for storing water. It also needed grinders and mortars for dried food. It would normally carry large pots for communal
Pingtan Island Pingtan Island Pingtan Island () also called Haitan Island (海坛岛, "Hǎitán dǎo") is off the east coast of Fujian province, China. It is the largest island in Fujian and the fifth largest island in China. Pingtan, as a result of its 2010-built bridge connecting it to the mainland, makes it lie at the "de facto" narrowest gap between the island of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. It has long been a standard point of distinction between the East China Sea and South China Sea. Administratively, the island has become part of Pingtan County, which includes the smaller surrounding islands and