Tracing the geopolitical influences on the morphological and functional transformation in Guangdong merchant ships: Knowledge mining from the Ming and Qing maritime archives

• Jinghui Ao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou, China

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• Miao Zhao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Design and Creative College of Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, China

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• Weicong Li,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

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• Shengying Feng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fengshengying@gzmtu.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Guangzhou Maritime University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5360-9641

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• Ziying Ye,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation School of Creative Design, Dongguan City University, Dongguan, China

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• Zilin Xu,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou, China

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• Shanshan Ji

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation School of Digital Creative Design, Guangdong Nanhua Vocational College of Industry and Commerce, Guangzhou, China

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