Description of the Starry Raft

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Description of the Starry Raft (Chinese: 星槎勝覽 Xin Cha Shen Lan) is written in year 1436 by the translator/intepreter of admiral Zheng He, the description depicted places, peoples, cultures, etc, about all of what he saw.

[edit] See also

  • The Overall Survey of the Ocean Shores (Chinese: 瀛涯勝覽) written by 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 Chun with introduction, notes and appendices by J.V.G.Mills. White Lotus Press, reprint. 1970, 1997.)
  • Records of Foreign Countries in the Western Ocean (西洋番国志) Written by Gong Zhen (巩珍)
  • Ming Shi-lu

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