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Название: When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 Автор: Louise Levathes Издательство: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195112075 Год: 1997 Формат: PDF Страниц: 256 Размер: 4,9 МБ Язык: Английский
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."