Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' (1433) |
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Map of southern Asia page | 16 |
Sketch of Cheng Hos ship | 30 |
Ma Huan and his book | 34 |
TRANSLATION OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE YINGYAI | 60 |
Ma Huans foreword of 1416 | 69 |
Poem commemorating the journey page | 73 |
Map of the Min estuary | 78 |
Map of southern India | 131 |
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Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' [1433] Huan Ma No preview available - 1997 |
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