When China Ruled the Seas : The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1403-1433

Name: When China Ruled the Seas : The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1403-1433
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ISBN: 9780671701581

ISBN-10: 0671701584

ISBN-13: 9780671701581

Edition: 1st 1994

Authors: Louise Levathes

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"It seems as fantastic as a dream: less than a hundred years before Columbus and the dawn of the great age of European exploration, in the amazingly brief period from 1405 to 1433, China ruled the world's oceans. Under the command of the eunuch admiral Zheng He, fleets of more than three hundred "treasure ships" - some measuring as much as 400 feet long, with crews of 28,000 men - made seven epic voyages through the China Seas and the Indian Ocean. Unrivaled in size until the invasion fleets of World War I, the fleets traveled from Taiwan to the Red Sea, down the east coast of Africa, China's El Dorado, and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook's "discovery.""…

Book details

Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Pronunciation Guide to Major Figures	p. 13
Chinese Dynasties	p. 15
Prologue: Phantoms in Silk	p. 19
The Yi Peoples	p. 23
Confucians and Curiosities	p. 33
The Prisoner and the Prince	p. 57
The Treasure Fleet	p. 75
Destination: Calicut	p. 87
The Strange Kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon	p. 107
Emissaries of the Dragon Throne	p. 123
The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals	p. 137
Fires in the Forbidden City	p. 155
The Last Voyage	p. 167
The Sultan's Bride	p. 183
Epilogue: A People Called Baijini	p. 195
Notes	p. 205
Acknowledgments	p. 233
Index	p. 237
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