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050 00 $aDS753.6.Z47$bD74 2007
100 1 $aDreyer, Edward L.
245 10 $aZheng He :$bChina and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 /$cEdward L. Dreyer.
246 30 $aChina and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433
260 $aNew York :$bPearson Longman,$c2007.
300 $axiv, 238 p. :$bill., map ;$c20 cm.
440 4 $aThe library of world biography
520 1 $a"This new biography 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 his early fifteenth-century voyages on the basis of Chinese evidence. Locating the voyages firmly within the context of early Ming history, it addresses the political motives of Zheng He's voyages and how they affected China's attitude toward the outside world in subsequent centuries."--BOOK JACKET
500 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
600 10 $aZheng, He,$d1371-1435$xTravel.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644.
651 0 $aSoutheast Asia$xRelations$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xRelations$zSoutheast Asia.
856 41 $3Table of contents online$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006007923.html
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