The Forgotten History of Maritime China
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A classic work on the history of ancient Chinese maritime power! See Chinese history from the perspective of the ocean! Open this book and see clearly how ancient China became a maritime power step by step from aspects of war, trade, culture, etc.! Luo Rongbang, the author of this book, believes that since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ancient China has never stopped exploring to improve its maritime strength. By the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, ancient China had officially become a maritime power. Shipbuilding technology was once the world's leader: starting from the Song Dynasty, China's shipbuilding technology has advanced rapidly, and large merchant ships that can carry hundreds of people have become very common, setting off an invisible revolution in the Eastern shipping industry... Sailing footprints have reached as far as East Africa: as early as the Song Dynasty, the Chinese had a good understanding of the countries in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean. By the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West had taken the Chinese people's footprints as far as the east coast of Africa... They had dominated the eastern seas for hundreds of years: During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty and the first three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese navy's sphere of influence covered the Indian Ocean...
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