When China ruled the seas the treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433

A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the edge of the world's "four corn...

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Main Author: Louise Levathes
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English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1996
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh