Maritime History
by Wang Jie
About This Novel
My country's navigation has a long history. As early as the Neolithic period 7,000 years ago, our ancestors were able to "cut wood to make boats and cut wood to make jigs." During the slave society period, with the birth of wooden boats, large-scale maritime transportation and maritime migration occurred, and China's navigation industry began to take shape. After that, it went through three major development periods of Qin and Han, Sui and Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and Zheng He's voyages to the West in the early Ming Dynasty pushed ancient China's navigation industry to its peak. In the form of special topics, this book introduces the development overview of Chinese maritime civilization from ancient times to modern times according to various aspects such as Chinese maritime figures, maritime events, maritime technology, navigation regulations and management institutions, ports, etc. What is the mystery of the Yin people's voyage to America? Is the legend of Xu Fu's eastward journey to Japan true? What countries did Zheng He pass through during his voyages to the West? Readers can get answers one by one from this book.
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