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A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware and silk ventured to the edge of the world's "four corners." It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted...
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Roaring Brook Press
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2021.
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English
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"The central coast of China, 1405. At nearly seven feet tall, Admiral Zheng He looked out at the sea before him. For the next three decades, the oceans would be his home, as he would command over 1,500 ships and thousands of sailors in seven journeys that would predate the heart of the European Age of Exploration. Over his seven epic journeys, Zheng He explored the Northern Pacific and Indian Oceans, traveling as far as the east coast of Africa, expanding...
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Xiao shuo ren wu volume 141-142
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Shi xue she chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
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2003.
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中文(繁體)
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Shi yong li shi cong shu volume 150
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Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
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2000.
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中文(繁體)
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