Materials on Early Chinese Maritime Trade and Imperialism

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H-ASIA
July 9, 2006

Materials on Early Chinese Maritime Trade and Imperialism
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From: w.d.oneil--at--POBOX.COM

Here is a short of list of some recent material relating to Cheng Ho's
(Zheng He) and other Chinese voyaging in the 14C and 15C, as well as other aspects
of medieval and early modern Chinese maritime trade and imperialism that may
be of interest to some members:

Edward L. Dreyer, _Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming
Dynasty, 1405-1433_, ed. Peter N. Stearns, Library of World Biography
(New York: Pearson Longman, 2006).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321084438/qid=1152426016/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/1
02-6109517-5020169?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Hamashita Takeshi, "Ryukyu Networks in Maritime Asia: An Introduction
to the Rekidai Hoan," _Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia_, 3 (Mar 2003),
http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/issue/issue2/index.html

Geoffrey Wade, "Ming China and Southeast Asia in the 15th Century: A
Reappraisal," Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 28,
Jul 2004, www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps.htm

Geoffrey Wade, "The Pre-Modern East Asian Maritime Realm: An Overview
of European-Language Studies," Asia Research Institute Working Paper
Series No. 16, Dec 2003, www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps.htm

Geoffrey Wade, "The Zheng He Voyages: A Reassessment," Asia Research
Institute Working Paper Series No. 31, Oct 2004,
www.ari.nus.edu.sg/pub/wps.htm

Christopher Wake, "The Great Ocean-going Ships of Southern China in
the Age of Chinese Maritime Voyaging to India, Twelfth to Fifteenth
Centuries," _International Journal of Maritime History_, 9, No. 2
(Dec 1997): 51-81.

Christopher Wake, "The Myth of Zheng He's Great Treasure Ships,"
_International Journal of Maritime History_, 14, No. 1 (Jun 2004): 59-75.

Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu, http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/

William D. O'Neil
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