Using Western techniques, explorers in Korea, Japan, mainland China, and Southeast Asia have recovered such wonders as a Yuan dynasty boat from Liaoning, a Korean ship from the same era, and a Vietnamese trading vessel from the Ming period.
在韓國、日本、中國大陸、東南亞等亞洲國家，藉助西方的技術，也已挖掘出如遼寧綏中元船、韓國新安郡元代沉船、越南頭頓明代貿易船等。