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During his expeditions, Ma Huan took notes on the geography, politics, weather conditions, environment, economy, local customs, and even methods of punishment for criminals. Returning home on his first expedition, he began writing a book on his expedition, the first draft of which was ready around
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Ma Huan: Ying-yai sheng-lan 'The overall survey of the ocean's shores' (1433), translated from the Chinese text edited by Feng Ch'eng-chün
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1416. He expanded and modified his draft during later expeditions, the final version was finalized around 1451. The title of his book was
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in 1970, and reprinted in 1997 by The White Lotus Press in Bangkok. Mills's translation was based on the edition by Feng Cheng jun.
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is considered by sinologists worldwide as a primary source for the history of Ming dynasty naval exploration, history of
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When Asia was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks who created the "Riches of the East"
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Some scholars who have done research work on Ma Huan are J.J.L. Duyvendak, F. Hirth,
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Forbes, A.D.W. (1983), "Ma Huan", in Bosworth, C.E. (ed.),
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The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores 1433 by Ma Huan
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Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world
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Index

Kuaiji Commandery
Zhejiang

Yingya Shenglan
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Xiao'erjing
Chinese
pinyin
Zheng He
seven expeditions to the Western Oceans
Muslim
Zhejiang
Kuaiji Commandery
Shaoxing
Champa
Java
Sumatra
Palembang
Siam
Kochi
Hormuz
Malacca
Aru
Sumatra
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Calicut
Zufar

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