The Treasures Ships Ming China On The Seas History Of The Fleet That Could Conquer The World And Vanished Into Thin Air
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The Treasures Ships Ming China On The Seas History Of The Fleet That Could Conquer The World And Vanished Into Thin Air
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Author : Stefano Cariolato
language : en
Publisher: Youcanprint
Release Date : 2017-12-18
The Treasures Ships Ming China On The Seas History Of The Fleet That Could Conquer The World And Vanished Into Thin Air written by Stefano Cariolato and has been published by Youcanprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with History categories.
In 1400 an immense Chinese fleet of hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of men sailed through the seas, reaching Indonesia, India, Persia, Arabia and Africa: sent by a proud emperor to bring to the world the glory and the power of the Ming, was commanded by the most famous of the Chinese admirals, an eunuch named Zheng He. The ships carried valuable books, precious fabrics, delicate and beautiful ceramics, in addition to gold and silver destined for the princes of the visited countries, and were taking back in China exotic merchandise to show at court with the ambassadors of the Asian world who prostrated themselves in submission: for this reason they were called Treasures Ships. The history and descriptions of the peoples met are presented based on the news collected by previous and following travellers, as well as by the chroniclers who followed the fleet leaving a testimony of the voyages that had been accomplished. Despite the fact that the surviving information is very limited, this book narrates the missions of the Fleet of the Treasures between 1405 and 1433, attempting to reconstruct the routes likely to have been followed on the basis of the sea and wind conditions, phased by the monsoon cycle and detected today with precision by the satellites. After a thirty-year long endeavour the Chinese retired from the sea, cancelled the travels reports, destroyed the ships renouncing to sail and remained helpless in face of the penetration of European Navies before and of the Japanese aggression afterward. Today, China is currently rebuilding a large fleet that is already carrying its weight in home and neighbouring waters and its flag in the oceans, retracing the endeavour accomplished 600 years ago.
When China Ruled The Seas
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Author : Louise Levathes
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-12-02
When China Ruled The Seas written by Louise Levathes and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with History categories.
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 epic expeditions brought China’s treasure ships across the China Seas and Indian Ocean, from Japan to the spice island of Indonesia and the Malabar Coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the East African coast, to China’s “El Dorado,” and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook’s landing. It was a time of exploration and expansion, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a fascinating and unprecedented look at this dynamic period in China’s enigmatic history, focusing on the country’s rise as a naval power that briefly brought half the world under its nominal authority. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab, and Indian sources, many translated for the first time, Levathes brings readers inside China’s most illustrious scientific and technological era. She sheds new light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived, as well as the perception of China by other contemporary cultures. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, When China Ruled the Seas is the fullest picture yet of the early Ming dynasty—the last flowering of Chinese culture before the Manchu invasion.
When China Ruled The Seas
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Author : Louise Levathes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
When China Ruled The Seas written by Louise Levathes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Zheng He S Voyages Down The Western Seas
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language : en
Publisher: 五洲传播出版社
Release Date : 2005
Zheng He S Voyages Down The Western Seas written by and has been published by 五洲传播出版社 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with China categories.
Zheng He (1371-1433) was a great navigator in the history of China and the world and a pioneer in the great geographical discoveries. During the 28 years (1405-1433) from the third year of the reign of Emperor Yong Le to the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Xuan De of the Ming Dynasty, he successfully made seven voyages down the western seas (today's Indian Ocean).
Seven Epic Voyages Of Zheng He In Ming China 1405 1433
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Author : Ming-Yang Su
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Seven Epic Voyages Of Zheng He In Ming China 1405 1433 written by Ming-Yang Su and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with China categories.
Zheng He
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Author : Corona Brezina
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2016-07-15
Zheng He written by Corona Brezina and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Zheng He was the commander of a vast Chinese fleet known as the treasure fleet. In the early fifteenth century, he led the fleet on seven journeys throughout the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, serving as ambassador to the barbarian nations in need of a civilizing influence. Under Zheng He’s command, the Chinese treasure fleet achieved one of the most impressive maritime displays the world had ever seen. This engaging volume covers the fleet’s travels, which covered more than 40,000 miles and included sea routes along the Silk Road, to cities and kingdoms from southern Asia to east Africa.
China On The Sea
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Author : Zheng Yangwen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-10-14
China On The Sea written by Zheng Yangwen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-14 with History categories.
Generations of Chinese scholars have made China synonymous with the Great Wall and presented its civilization as fundamentally land-bound. This volume challenges this perspective, demonstrating that China was not a “Walled Kingdom”, certainly not since the Yongjia Disturbance in 311. China reached out to the maritime world far more actively than historians have acknowledged, while the seas and what came from the seas—from Islam, fragrances and Jesuits to maize, opium and clocks—significantly changed the course of history, and have been of inestimable importance to China since the Ming. This book integrates the maritime history of China, especially the Qing period, a subject which has hitherto languished on the periphery of scholarly analysis, into the mainstream of current historical narrative. It was the seas that made Tang China a “Cosmopolitan Empire” (Mark Lewis), the Song dynasty China’s “Greatest Age” (John Fairbank), China at 1600 “the largest and most sophisticated of all unified realms on earth” (Jonathan Spence), and the reign of the three Qing emperors (Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong) China’s “last golden age” (Charles Hucker).
The Great Voyages Of Zheng He
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Author : Demi
language : en
Publisher: Shens Books
Release Date : 2012
The Great Voyages Of Zheng He written by Demi and has been published by Shens Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Imagine looking out to sea and watching over three hundred gargantuan ships, their flaming red sails caught in the wind, approaching your shore. What wonders of the world would be found on those ships? Over 600 hundred years ago, Emperor Zhu Di of China decided to build the greatest naval fleet the world had ever seen to befriend and trade with countries throughout Asia and Africa. The admiral of this diplomatic and treasure-gathering fleet was a brilliant and peace-loving man named Zheng He.Between 1405 and 1431, Zheng He led seven voyages of the treasure fleets, each bringing a message of friendship and peace between China and the other countries of the world. Through his leadership, these expeditions extended China's influence and brought it great treasures in trade and tribute, making China the first world superpower.In this account of Zheng He's amazing life, award-winning author and illustrator Demi recreates the grandeur and enthusiasm of these naval voyages with her signature detailed artwork. She introduces us to this larger-than-life figure who “dreamed of a world where the best of mankind was peacefully shared and celebrated, a world of intellectual growth and religious tolerance, and a world of everlasting, worldwide peace.”
History Of The Pirates Who Infested The China Sea
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Author : Karl Friedrich Neumann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1831
History Of The Pirates Who Infested The China Sea written by Karl Friedrich Neumann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1831 with categories.
The Hunt For The Dragon
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Author : Chao C. Chien
language : en
Publisher: Booklocker.com
Release Date : 2013-06-01
The Hunt For The Dragon written by Chao C. Chien and has been published by Booklocker.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with History categories.
At the end of the Ming civil war at the beginning of the 15th century, the emperor vanished. His status has since become one of the most celebrated mysteries of Chinese history. At that time, the victor, the emperor's uncle, launched the greatest maritime exercise the world had seen. Led by Admiral Zheng He, the fleets roamed the seas for twenty seven years. Less than half a century later, Europeans went to sea. Were these events related?