Description of the Starry Raft

Description of the Starry Raft (Chinese: 星槎勝覽 Xin Cha Shen Lan) is written in year 1436 by Fei Xin, who had participated in the third, fifth, and seventh of expeditions of the Ming fleets to the Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean commanded by the eunuch Zheng He. [1]

The book contains descriptions of places, peoples, cultures, etc., that the Chinese mariners had seen.

According to Edward L. Dreyer, Fei Xin's book was strongly influenced by an earlier (1433) work by Ma Huan, a translator/interpreter on Zheng He's 4th, 6th, and 7th expeditions.[1]

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See also

Other important sources on the voyages of Zheng He's fleet:

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Dreyer 2007, p. 7

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