The Treasures Ships Ming China On The Seas History Of The Fleet That Could Conquer The World And Vanished Into Thin Air

Author : Stefano Cariolato
Publisher : Youcanprint
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9788827802380

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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 by Stefano Cariolato Pdf

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.

Author : Louise Levathes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468624365

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When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Levathes Pdf

Author : Louise Levathes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : China
ISBN : WISC:89119111342

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When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Levathes Pdf

The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-33.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : China
ISBN : 9787508507088

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Zheng He's Voyages Down the Western Seas by Anonim Pdf

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).

Author : Corona Brezina
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508171492

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Zheng He by Corona Brezina Pdf

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.

Author : Anatole Andro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1420873490

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The 1421 Heresy by Anatole Andro Pdf

During the formative years of the Ming Dynasty the Chinese government dispatched hundreds of gigantic ships, some over 400 feet long, into the Indian Ocean. The enterprise was dubbed Zheng He's Seven Voyages to the Western Ocean because the Ming fleets, led by the legendary Admiral Zheng He, went to sea altogether seven times. After twenty-seven years these maritime expeditions mysteriously stopped. To date no scholar is entirely certain of the reason behind the undertaking. Although practically unknown in the West, these events made indelible impressions on the Southeast Asians. Today Admiral Zheng He is regarded as a god and is worshipped in temples not just in China, but throughout Southeast Asia. This year we see the 600th anniversary of the Ming Chinese launching of their monumental excursions, and scholars have renewed their interest in the historical events. There are speculations and assertions that the Ming fleets actually went beyond the Indian Ocean and even sailed to America-all before Christopher Columbus had made his momentous trips. However, researchers seem to be able to neither prove their hypotheses nor disprove them. In any case, it does seem odd that the Chinese, with their superior naval technology would choose to confine their activities to local waters only. Nevertheless, to prove that they did, one needs irrefutable evidence because the suggestion challenges centuries of established history. Historian/researcher Anatole Andro believes that if such evidence exists, it will need to be European evidence to prove the case. By leaving the Indian Ocean the Chinese would be entering European territory, so to speak. If confirmation to this effect is lacking it will not only fail to prove that the Chinese had sailed outside their local waters, but on the contrary, it would be as good as proof that the Ming Chinese never went beyond their traditional sphere of interest. For two and a half years the author searched for such evidence, examining each piece of suspected artifact and following up on every lead. Not only was he able to uncover such evidence he found the evidence to be widespread. Further, scholars had examined such evidence and either discarded, ignored, or obscured it. This book is the presentation of Mr. Andro's research data, his analyses of the data thereof, and the startling but inevitable conclusions that he arrived at. Written in easy to understand language, this book challenges you to accept his findings or dispute it. In either case it is a thrill ride.

Author : Karl Friedrich Neumann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10218748

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History of the pirates who infested the China Sea by Karl Friedrich Neumann Pdf

Author : Zheng Yangwen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004194786

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China on the Sea by Zheng Yangwen Pdf

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).

Author : Demi
Publisher : Shens Books
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1885008457

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The Great Voyages of Zheng He by Demi Pdf

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.”

Author : Edward L. Dreyer
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0321084438

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Zheng He by Edward L. Dreyer Pdf

This new biography, part of Longman's World Biography series, of the Chinese explorer Zheng He sheds new light on one of the most important "what if" questions of early modern history: why a technically advanced China did not follow the same path of development as the major European powers. Written by China scholar Edward L. Dreyer, Zheng He outlines what is known of the eunuch Zheng He's life and describes and analyzes the early 15th century voyages on the basis of the Chinese evidence. Locating the voyages firmly within the context of early Ming history,itaddresses the political motives of Zheng He's voyages and how they affected China's exclusive attitude to the outside world in subsequent centuries.

Author : Weichung Cheng
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004253537

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War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683) by Weichung Cheng Pdf

Approaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire’s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese commercial interests in the East and South China Seas. The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch’eng-kung—alias Coxinga—and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China’s southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization.

Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9785040877508

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History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810 by Various Pdf

Author : Chao C. Chien
Publisher : Booklocker.com
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1626464359

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The Hunt for the Dragon by Chao C. Chien Pdf

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?

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752473826

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Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty by Jonathan Clements Pdf

This is the fantastic true story of the infamous pirate; Coxinga who became king of Taiwan and was made a god - twice.

Author : Song Nan Zhang,Hao Yu Zhang
Publisher : Pan Asian Publications (USA)
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1572270888

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The Great Voyages of Zheng He by Song Nan Zhang,Hao Yu Zhang Pdf

Looks at the life and accomplishments of the leader of China's naval fleet in the early fifteenth century.