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The Great Explorer Cheng Ho: Ambassador of Peace

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Colombus, da Gama ang Magellan are all familiar from the Western Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550). Columbus is well known as the discoverer of America; da Gama is the first European to sail to India; and Magellan is believed to have completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Such common-sense knowledge has met a serious challenge with the rediscovery of the great Chinese navigator and explorer Cheng Ho (1371-1435). Over a span of 28 years form 1405 to 1433, he directed seven large-scale voyages to the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, having left his mark in over 30 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia and East Africa. Historians have even suggested that Cheng and his massive fleet colud have made their way to America and Australia.

How much do you know about Cheng Ho and the voyages he commanded?
When and how did these voyages take place?
What Influences have these historic voyages exerted on the Cheng had set his feet on?
In what aspects is Cheng different from the European explorers? What implications do these differences have for us today?

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Singapore : Asiapac Books., 2005

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Soft Cover, 160 hlm, 15x20,9 cm

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English

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981-229-410-4

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