Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Section One: Selected Primary Sources / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Two: Scholarly Publications – Academic Books / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Three: Scholarly Publications – Book Reviews / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Four: Scholarly Publications – Articles and Book Chapters / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Five: Selected Popular Books / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Six: Selected Popular Articles / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Section Seven: Scholarly Sources in Other Formats / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Author Index / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue -- Subject Index / Ying Liu , Zhongping Chen and Gregory Blue.

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Zheng He’s Maritime Voyages (1405-1433) and China’s Relations with the Indian Ocean World: A Multilingual Bibliography provides a multidisciplinary guide to publications on this great navigator’s activities and their impact on Chinese and world history. Admiral Zheng He commanded the fifteenth-century world’s largest fleet. In the course of seven voyages made between 1405 and 1433, his massive ships visited over thirty present-day countries in Asia and Africa. Those voyages reflected and reinforced the development of complex networks of trade, migration, cultural exchange, and political interactions between China and the Indian Ocean world. This bibliography lists sources in thirteen languages, including both scholarly studies and popular works like Gavin Menzies’s controversial bestsellers claiming the Chinese sailed around the world before Columbus. Relevant translations, transliterations and annotations are provided to aid the reader.