A History of the Human Community: Prehistory to 1500
- ISBN-10
- 013389701X
- ISBN-13
- 9780133897012
- Series
- A History of the Human Community
- Category
- World history
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Author
- William Hardy McNeill
Description
Seven times between 1403 and 1433 a court official , named Cheng Ho , gathered a great fleet in south China and sailed into the Indian Ocean . He returned successfully , bringing with him the king of Ceylon , the prince of Sumatra ...
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