Subject: Zheng, He, 1371-1435 (Keywords)

One great legend chases another: Nat Geo master photographer Michael Yamashita reveals the maritime Silk Road, as he retraces the epic journey of China's Zheng He, the world's greatest naval explorer, whose rise & fall is a cautionary tale for all nations

Follow the adventures of the great Chinese explorer Zheng He (1371-1433) during the renowned Ming Dynasty in this illustrated bilingual book. The young Zheng He dreamed of foreign lands, his imagination awakened by a porcelain vase his grandfather and father brought home from overseas. It became ...