TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dreyer,Edward L.
TI  - Zheng He: China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 
T2  - The library of world biography
SN  - 0321084438 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - DS753.6.Z47 D74 2007
U1  - 951/.026092B 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Pearson Longman
KW  - Zheng, He,
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - Relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index; Editor's preface --; Author's preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. The; enigma of Zheng He --; The; Chinese Tributary System and the purpose of Zheng He's voyages --; Traditional Chinese interpretations of Zheng He's career --; Zheng He's voyages and Western Imperial expansion --; 2; Zheng He's early life and his patron, Emperor Yongle --; The; fall of the Yuan and the rise of the Ming to 1368 --; The; reign of Emperor Hongwu, 1368/1398 --; Civil War, 1398/1402 --; Yongle's reign as Emperor, 1402/1424 --; 3; China and the Asian maritime world in the time of Zheng He --; The; purpose of Zheng He's voyages --; Patterns of trade in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea --; The; Malay-Indonesian World in the Hongwu era --; Southern India and Ceylon in the time of Zheng  --; 4; Sailing to India : Zheng He's first, second, and third voyages --; The; first voyage, 1405/1407 --; The; second voyage, 1407/1409 --; The; third voyage, 1409/1411 --; 5; Sailing to Africa : Zheng He's fourth, fifth, and sixth voyages --; The; fourth voyage, 1412/14-1415 --; The; fifth voyage, 1417/1419 --; The; sixth voyage, 1421/1422 --; The; last years of the Yongle Reign, 1422/1424 --; 6. The; ships and men of Zheng He's fleets --; Dimensions and displacements of the treasure ships --; Masts and sails --; Shipbuilding notices in the Taizong Shilu --; Shipbuilding costs --; Numbers of ships in each of the voyages --; Personnel --; 7; Zheng He's career after 1424 and his final voyage --; Ming China in the Hongxi (1424/1425) and Xuande (1425/1435) reigns --; Zheng He's career from 1424 to 1430 --; Zheng He's inscriptions at Liujiagang and Changle --; Zheng He's seventh and final voyage, 1431/1433 --; 8. The; legacy of Zheng He --; China turns away from the sea after the death of Zheng He --; Dealing with the memory of Zheng He's voyages --; The; rediscovery of Zheng He --; Appendix : Translations of primary sources --; 1; Zheng He's biography in Mingshi 304.2b/4b --; 2; Zheng He's Liujiagang Inscription of 1431 --; 3; Zheng He's Changle Inscription of 1431 --; Chronology --; Glossary --; A; note on the sources --; Index
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