Subject: Explorers--China--History

When China ruled the seas: the treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433
AuthorLevathes, Louise
PlaceNew York
PublisherSimon & Schuster
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS753.6.C48 L48 1994
Description252 p, 8 unnumbered p of plates : illus, map ; 25 cm
Note

When China ruled the seas: the treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 / Louise Levathes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index.

The Yi peoples -- Confucians and curiosities -- The prisoner and the prince -- The treasure fleet -- Destination : Calicut -- The strange kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon -- Emissaries of the dragon throne -- The auspicious appearance of the celestial animals -- Fires in the Forbidden City -- The last voyage -- The sultan' bride.

Tells of a fleet of Chinese treasure ships and seven epic voyages between 1405 and 1433.

ISBN0671701584 ; 9780671701581
LCCN93042773
Zhong-Xi jiaotongshi 中西交通史
AuthorFang Hao 方豪, 1910-1980
PlaceTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherZhonghua wenhua chuban shiye weiyuanhui 中華文化出版事業委員會
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageChinese 中文[繁體]
TypeBook
SeriesXiandai guomin jiben zhishi congshu 現代國民基本知識叢書 ; 第1輯, Xiandai guomin jiben zhishi congshu 現代國民基本知識叢書 ; 第2輯
ShelfStacks
Call NumberDS740.4.F268 1953
Description5 v. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
NoteZhong-Xi jiaotongshi 中西交通史 / Fang Hao zhu 方豪著.
Taibei Shi 臺北市 : Zhonghua wenhua chuban shiye weiyuanhui 中華文化出版事業委員會, Minguo 民國42-43 [1953-1954].
Includes bibliographical references.
Added topics: Central Asia, Silk Road, Sino-European contacts, Jesuits, Chinese contacts with the Greco-Roman, Indian, African and Islamic worlds.
LCCNc 63000423
Zhong-Xi jiaotongshi 中西交通史
AuthorFang Hao 方豪, 1910-1980
PlaceChangsha Shi 長沙市
PublisherYuelu shushe 嶽麓書社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition第1版
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體]
TypeBook
SeriesJiuji xinkan 舊籍新刊
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberDS740.4.F268 1987
Description2 v. (2, 18, 1075 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
NoteZhong-Xi jiaotongshi 中西交通史 / Fang Hao zhu 方豪著.
Reprint. Originally published : Taibei Shi Yangmingshan Huagang 臺北市楊明山華港 : Zhongguo wenhua daxue chubanbu 中國文化大學出版部, 1987.
Added topics: Central Asia, Silk Road, Sino-European contacts, Jesuits, Chinese contacts with the Greco-Roman, Indian, African and Islamic worlds.
ISBN780520019X
LCCN89206309