This book is a perfect resource for the area of China's underwater archaeology and cultural heritage preservation. It presents the complete process of the discovery and integral salvage of the Nanhai. No. Ⅰ shipwreck, in addition to provide in-depth insights into the historical background, ancient Chinese transportation, and trade history. This book could serves as a reference work for archaeological researchers and professional readers to explore China's underwater archaeology and historical culture in new era.

Yan LI is a researcher at the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, specialising in Southern China archaeology, Neolithic archaeology, as well as the archaeology of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. With a fruitful list of publications, Dr. li has a strong proven track record to be not only an expert in the academic field but also an active advocate and promoter of public archaeology in China. He has contributed significantly to the popularization of archaeological knowledge to non-professional audiences and is recognized as an outstanding historical content creator on various social media platforms.