In 1561 (the 40th year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty), ... The Complete Map of Unified Maritime Territory for Coastal Defense (Qian Kun Yi Tong Hai Fang Quan Tu), ...

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, ... The Complete Map of Unified Maritime Territory for Coastal Defense (Qian Kun Yi Tong Hai Fang Quan Tu), drawn up by Xu Bida and others in 1605 ...

As early as the Ming Dynasty, China utilized Diaoyu Dao as part of its Maritime defense against Japanese pirates attacking the southeast coast. In 1561 (the 40th year of Emperor Jiajing’s reign ...

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, ... The Complete Map of Unified Maritime Territory for Coastal Defense (Qian Kun Yi Tong Hai Fang Quan Tu), drawn up by Xu Bida and others in 1605 ...

What the collapse of the Ming Dynasty can tell us about American decline. ... Chinese "world" maps, by contrast, were almost entirely China, with a few outlying areas at the periphery.

The map purported to prove that Zheng rounded Africa's southernmost tip, the Cape of Good Hope, 76 years before Vasco da Gama, and circumnavigated the globe 100 years earlier than Ferdinand Magellan.

Two volumes of the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle Encyclopedia (永樂大典) sold yesterday at auction in Paris for 8 128 000€, over 1000 times of the estimated price. The Encyclopedia sought to ...