China - History - Ming dynasty
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 (Revised)
$23.99 Add to cartA 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 fi… [more below]
- Author: Levathes, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 1997
- ISBN10: 0195112075
- Language: English
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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
$28.00 Add to cartA new picture of China’s rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world.
The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A
- Author: Akhtar, Ali Humayun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1503627470
- Language: English
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1421: The Year China Discovered America
$22.99 Add to cartOn March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to “proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas.” When the fleet
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Menzies, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0061564893
- Language: English
