Read The Treasures Ships

The Treasures Ships

Stefano Cariolato

4.9/5 (34520 ratings)

Description:In 1400 an immense Chinese fleet of hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of men sailed through the seas, reaching Indonesia, India, Persia, Arabia and Africa: sent by a proud emperor to bring to the world the glory and the power of the Ming, was commanded by the most famous of the Chinese admirals, an eunuch named Zheng He. The ships carried valuable books, precious fabrics, delicate and beautiful ceramics, in addition to gold and silver destined for the princes of the visited countries, and were taking back in China exotic merchandise to show at court with the ambassadors of the Asian world who prostrated themselves in submission: for this reason they were called The Treasures Ships. The history and descriptions of the peoples met are presented based on the news collected by previous and following travelers, as well as by the chroniclers who followed the fleet leaving a testimony of the voyages that had been accomplished. Despite the fact that the surviving information is very limited, this book narrates the missions of the Fleet of the Treasures between 1405 and 1433, attempting to reconstruct the routes likely to have been followed on the basis of the sea and wind conditions, phased by the monsoon cycle and detected today with precision by the satellites. After a thirty-year long endeavour the Chinese retired from the sea, cancelled the travels reports, destroyed the ships renouncing to sail and remained helpless in face of the penetration of European Navies before and of the Japanese aggression afterward. Today, China is rebuilding a large fleet that is already carrying its weight in home and neighbouring waters, retracing the endeavour accomplished 600 years ago.OUTLINEThe Ships of TreasuresPREFACEINTRODUCTIONCHINA AT THAT EPOCH The beginning of the Ming The achievements of Hong Wu The Confucian concept The structure of power The Chinese economy and the tribute system Science, technology, culture Chinese foreign policyZHENG'S EARLY YEARS The origins The capture and servitudeTHE NEW EMPEROR The end of the reign of Hong Wu The civil war The new reign of Yong Le Ma Sanbao becomes Zheng HeTHE TRAVELS AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS Perpetual happiness The foreign policy of Yong Le The role of eunuchs in the Ming diplomacy The purpose of the fleet The investiture of Zheng HeTHE SHIPS The creation of the Fleet The size of the Chinese ships The Shipbuilding The types of ships that made up the fleet The navigation toolsCHINA ON THE SEA The Indian Ocean The Chinese navy The places The routes The key players The witnesses Prologue to the journeysTHE FIRST VOYAGE, FALL 1405 - FALL 1407 Champa, Vietnam Surabaya and Sunda, Java Palembang, Sumatra Melaka, Malacca Semudera and Lambri, Sumatra Ceylon Quilon, Cochin and Calicut, India The VoyageTHE SECOND VOYAGE, WINTER 1408 - SUMMER 1409 The Siam Temasek (Singapore) Aru Kayal The phantom voyage The second mission The second journey to India Return homeTHE THIRD VOYAGE, FALL 1409 - SUMMER 1411 The trilingual inscription A delicate situation The relic of the Buddha The Chinese intervention Return to ChinaTHE FOURTH VOYAGE, WINTER 1413 - SUMMER 1415 The journey begins Expedition to Maldives The Arab navigators The Persian Gulf The Oman Gulf The Arabian sea The Indian coasts The travel to Hormuz Hormuz The Silk Road Return to India Civil war in Semudera The envoys crisscrossingTHE FIFTH VOYAGE, WINTER 1417 - SUMMER 1419 The new routes Kannur The Arab coast Qalhat Zufar, Dhofar Lasa Aden The African coast during XV century The Swahili civilization Toward Africa Zeila and Berbera Mogadishu, Barawa and Jubu Pate, Malindi and Mombasa Zanzibar and Kilwa Sofala, Mapungubwe and Grand Zimbabwe The travel to the SouthTHE SIXTH TRAVEL, AUTUMN 1421 - SUMMER 1422 A lesser trip Transoceanic routes The three squads are on their way Return of the Fleet A REST BREAK: HONG XI The new Emperor The Fleet's enemies Zheng He in Nanjing An unexpected eventA NEW TRAVEL, WINTER 1431 - SUMMER 1433 The Xuan De Emperor A difficult start The last voyage Towards the Western Ocean The Mamluk report Sail to the South Hung Pao toward Bengal Zheng He toward Hormuz Towards the Maldives, Africa and Arabia Expedition to Mecca Final repatriation Zheng He death Xuan De deathTHE END OF EVERYTHING The Child Emperor The Fleet decommissioning The Mongol captivity The Fleet and the WallTHE ZHENG HE LEGACY Tianfei, the Celestial Bride Chinese Islam in Indonesia The worship of Zheng He The destruction of documentsTHE CONSEQUENCES A century later The Portuguese reach China The last FleetWHAT IF ? Chinese in Australia Chinese in the Atlantic Chinese in America Alternative HistoryTHE FLEET RETURN The Senkaku - Diaoyu Islands The Spratly Island...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Treasures Ships. To get started finding The Treasures Ships, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 450

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Youcanprint

Release: 2017

ISBN: 882780238X

Description: In 1400 an immense Chinese fleet of hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of men sailed through the seas, reaching Indonesia, India, Persia, Arabia and Africa: sent by a proud emperor to bring to the world the glory and the power of the Ming, was commanded by the most famous of the Chinese admirals, an eunuch named Zheng He. The ships carried valuable books, precious fabrics, delicate and beautiful ceramics, in addition to gold and silver destined for the princes of the visited countries, and were taking back in China exotic merchandise to show at court with the ambassadors of the Asian world who prostrated themselves in submission: for this reason they were called The Treasures Ships. The history and descriptions of the peoples met are presented based on the news collected by previous and following travelers, as well as by the chroniclers who followed the fleet leaving a testimony of the voyages that had been accomplished. Despite the fact that the surviving information is very limited, this book narrates the missions of the Fleet of the Treasures between 1405 and 1433, attempting to reconstruct the routes likely to have been followed on the basis of the sea and wind conditions, phased by the monsoon cycle and detected today with precision by the satellites. After a thirty-year long endeavour the Chinese retired from the sea, cancelled the travels reports, destroyed the ships renouncing to sail and remained helpless in face of the penetration of European Navies before and of the Japanese aggression afterward. Today, China is rebuilding a large fleet that is already carrying its weight in home and neighbouring waters, retracing the endeavour accomplished 600 years ago.OUTLINEThe Ships of TreasuresPREFACEINTRODUCTIONCHINA AT THAT EPOCH The beginning of the Ming The achievements of Hong Wu The Confucian concept The structure of power The Chinese economy and the tribute system Science, technology, culture Chinese foreign policyZHENG'S EARLY YEARS The origins The capture and servitudeTHE NEW EMPEROR The end of the reign of Hong Wu The civil war The new reign of Yong Le Ma Sanbao becomes Zheng HeTHE TRAVELS AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS Perpetual happiness The foreign policy of Yong Le The role of eunuchs in the Ming diplomacy The purpose of the fleet The investiture of Zheng HeTHE SHIPS The creation of the Fleet The size of the Chinese ships The Shipbuilding The types of ships that made up the fleet The navigation toolsCHINA ON THE SEA The Indian Ocean The Chinese navy The places The routes The key players The witnesses Prologue to the journeysTHE FIRST VOYAGE, FALL 1405 - FALL 1407 Champa, Vietnam Surabaya and Sunda, Java Palembang, Sumatra Melaka, Malacca Semudera and Lambri, Sumatra Ceylon Quilon, Cochin and Calicut, India The VoyageTHE SECOND VOYAGE, WINTER 1408 - SUMMER 1409 The Siam Temasek (Singapore) Aru Kayal The phantom voyage The second mission The second journey to India Return homeTHE THIRD VOYAGE, FALL 1409 - SUMMER 1411 The trilingual inscription A delicate situation The relic of the Buddha The Chinese intervention Return to ChinaTHE FOURTH VOYAGE, WINTER 1413 - SUMMER 1415 The journey begins Expedition to Maldives The Arab navigators The Persian Gulf The Oman Gulf The Arabian sea The Indian coasts The travel to Hormuz Hormuz The Silk Road Return to India Civil war in Semudera The envoys crisscrossingTHE FIFTH VOYAGE, WINTER 1417 - SUMMER 1419 The new routes Kannur The Arab coast Qalhat Zufar, Dhofar Lasa Aden The African coast during XV century The Swahili civilization Toward Africa Zeila and Berbera Mogadishu, Barawa and Jubu Pate, Malindi and Mombasa Zanzibar and Kilwa Sofala, Mapungubwe and Grand Zimbabwe The travel to the SouthTHE SIXTH TRAVEL, AUTUMN 1421 - SUMMER 1422 A lesser trip Transoceanic routes The three squads are on their way Return of the Fleet A REST BREAK: HONG XI The new Emperor The Fleet's enemies Zheng He in Nanjing An unexpected eventA NEW TRAVEL, WINTER 1431 - SUMMER 1433 The Xuan De Emperor A difficult start The last voyage Towards the Western Ocean The Mamluk report Sail to the South Hung Pao toward Bengal Zheng He toward Hormuz Towards the Maldives, Africa and Arabia Expedition to Mecca Final repatriation Zheng He death Xuan De deathTHE END OF EVERYTHING The Child Emperor The Fleet decommissioning The Mongol captivity The Fleet and the WallTHE ZHENG HE LEGACY Tianfei, the Celestial Bride Chinese Islam in Indonesia The worship of Zheng He The destruction of documentsTHE CONSEQUENCES A century later The Portuguese reach China The last FleetWHAT IF ? Chinese in Australia Chinese in the Atlantic Chinese in America Alternative HistoryTHE FLEET RETURN The Senkaku - Diaoyu Islands The Spratly Island...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Treasures Ships. To get started finding The Treasures Ships, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Treasures Ships

The Treasures Ships

More Books

World without history? Digital information is volatile: with it our culture can disappear but its preservation can save us

World without history? Digital information is volatile: with it our culture can disappear but its preservation can save us

Le Navi dei Tesori

Le Navi dei Tesori

Le Navi dei tesori. La Cina sul mare: storia della flotta che poteva conquistare il mondo e che sparì nel nulla (Italian Edition)

Le Navi dei tesori. La Cina sul mare: storia della flotta che poteva conquistare il mondo e che sparì nel nulla (Italian Edition)

The Treasures Ships. Ming China on the seas: history of the Fleet that could conquer the world and vanished into thin air

The Treasures Ships. Ming China on the seas: history of the Fleet that could conquer the world and vanished into thin air

Il secolo brevissimo: La nostra cultura rischia di scomparire, la preservazione digitale può salvarla (Italian Edition)

Il secolo brevissimo: La nostra cultura rischia di scomparire, la preservazione digitale può salvarla (Italian Edition)

The shortest century: our culture can disappear, its preservation can save us

The shortest century: our culture can disappear, its preservation can save us

Mondo senza storia? L'informazione digitale è volatile: essa può far scomparire la nostra cultura ma la sua conservazione può salvarci

Mondo senza storia? L'informazione digitale è volatile: essa può far scomparire la nostra cultura ma la sua conservazione può salvarci