Da Nang (VNA) – The cannon discovered in the centralcity of Da Nang late May originates from the Netherlands and dates back some350 years, according to scientists’ new findings.
The cannon is 174.1cm in length and about 200kg in weight (Photo: VNA)
The gun, found in Hoa Hiep Nam ward of LienChieu district, is 174.1cm in length and about 200kg in weight.
The Da Nang Museum said on July 29 that thedesign, structure and patterns on the gun are typical for an old type of bronzecannons from the Netherlands. Additionally, the Chinese characters inscribed ina rudimental way on the cannon as instructions to gunners show that it belongedto the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945).
It shares many similarities with the three Dutchcannons made in 1640, 1661 and 1677 – 1678 currently kept at the Hue Museum ofRoyal Antiquities in nearby Thua Thien-Hue province.
Nguyen Quang Trung Tien, a researcher at theUniversity of Sciences under the Hue University, said most of the bronzecannons from the Netherlands appeared in Vietnam as gifts or goods traded underthe reign of the Trinh Lords in the northern region. Some others were retrievedby the Nguyen Lords from Dutch vessels sunken or stranded in the central regionsouthwards.
All of these activities took place in themid-17th century. Since the late 17th to the 19th centuries, there weren’t anyrecords of Dutch cannons in Vietnam.
Therefore, like the other Dutch bronze cannonsunearthed so far, the gun found in Da Nang is about 350 years old, Tien noted.-VNA
The cannon is 174.1cm in length and about 200kg in weight (Photo: VNA) The gun, found in Hoa Hiep Nam ward of LienChieu district, is 174.1cm in length and about 200kg in weight.
The Da Nang Museum said on July 29 that thedesign, structure and patterns on the gun are typical for an old type of bronzecannons from the Netherlands. Additionally, the Chinese characters inscribed ina rudimental way on the cannon as instructions to gunners show that it belongedto the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945).
It shares many similarities with the three Dutchcannons made in 1640, 1661 and 1677 – 1678 currently kept at the Hue Museum ofRoyal Antiquities in nearby Thua Thien-Hue province.
Nguyen Quang Trung Tien, a researcher at theUniversity of Sciences under the Hue University, said most of the bronzecannons from the Netherlands appeared in Vietnam as gifts or goods traded underthe reign of the Trinh Lords in the northern region. Some others were retrievedby the Nguyen Lords from Dutch vessels sunken or stranded in the central regionsouthwards.
All of these activities took place in themid-17th century. Since the late 17th to the 19th centuries, there weren’t anyrecords of Dutch cannons in Vietnam.
Therefore, like the other Dutch bronze cannonsunearthed so far, the gun found in Da Nang is about 350 years old, Tien noted.-VNA
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