When China Ruled the Seas : the Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 /

"One hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began their voyages of discovery, fleets of giant junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the world's "four corners." Seven ep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levathes, Louise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 2014.
Temas:
Zheng, He, > 1371-1435.
Zheng, He, > 1371-1435
To 1500
Statesmen > China > Biography.
Explorers > China > Biography.
Hommes d'État > Chine > Biographies.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Commerce
Explorers
Statesmen
Asian history.
China.
History.
China > Commerce > History > To 1500.
China
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pronunciation Guide to Major Figures
  • Chinese Dynasties
  • Prologue: Phantoms in Silk
  • 1 The Yi Peoples
  • 2 Confucians and Curiosities
  • 3 The Prisoner and the Prince
  • 4 The Treasure Fleet
  • 5 The Treasure Fleet
  • 6 The Strange Kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon
  • 7 Emissaries of the Dragon Throne
  • 8 The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals
  • 9 Fires in the Forbidden City
  • 10 The Last Voyage
  • 11 The Sultan's Bride
  • Epilogue: A People Called Baijini.

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