Discovered but Forgotten: The Maldives in Chinese History, c. 1100-1620
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Discovered but Forgotten: The Maldives in Chinese History, c. 1100-1620
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- ISBN
- 9780231212335
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
023121233X
ISBN-13
9780231212335
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11067368597
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Discovered but Forgotten : the Maldives in Chinese History, C. 1100-1620
Subject
Asia / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Asia / China, Maritime History & Piracy
Publication Year
2024
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2024-008901
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Provocative and filled with both old and new information, this is a fascinating study of an overlooked relationship. A really welcome addition to the scholarly historical literature connecting two great oceans., Even today, the Maldives is a sparsely populated, tiny nation consisting of a few small islands, reefs, and atolls strung garland-like across the Indian Ocean, nearly a thousand kilometers to the southwest of Sri Lanka. But don't be deceived by the Maldives' size and isolation, even more than half a millennium ago. In the pages of Bin Yang's capacious Discovered but Forgotten , old Maldives comes astonishingly alive. The author provides an abundance of precise details--all documented by reliable historical and archeological sources--about ships, shipwrecks, cowries, coconuts, coir ropes, dragon's spittle (ambergris), frankincense, and all manner of other exotic commodities and daily necessities, and of the people who made, used, and transported them to far-flung places around the world. This is an engrossing book, one that is hard to put aside once you dive into its oceanic depths., Even today, the Maldives is a sparsely populated, tiny nation consisting of a few small islands, reefs, and atolls strung garland-like across the Indian Ocean, nearly a thousand kilometers to the southwest of Sri Lanka. But don't be deceived by the Maldives' size and isolation, even more than half a millennium ago. In the pages of Bin Yang's capacious Discovered but Forgotten, old Maldives comes astonishingly alive. The author provides an abundance of precise details--all documented by reliable historical and archeological sources--about ships, shipwrecks, cowries, coconuts, coir ropes, dragon's spittle (ambergris), frankincense, and all manner of other exotic commodities and daily necessities, and of the people who made, used, and transported them to far-flung places around the world. This is an engrossing book, one that is hard to put aside once you dive into its oceanic depths.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
359.030951
Table Of Content
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Note on Chinese Weights and Measures in the Ming Dynasty Acknowledgments Part I. The Stage 1. Small, Remote, but Significant 2. From Zaitun 3. Sailing to the Indian Ocean Part II. A Destination 4. Who Once Landed in the Maldives? 5. The Kingdom of Atolls 6. Monsoons and Currents 7. Between the Son of Heaven and the Sultan Part III. The Cargo 8. The Trees of the Maldives 9. Ships Without Nails 10. Cowrie Shells 11. Dried Fish, Grains, and Handkerchiefs 12. Dragon's Spittle 13. Laka Wood and Frankincense Part IV. Reminiscences 14. A Ruined Buddhist Past 15. Port Marriage 16. A True Romance 17. An Echo: The "China Bird" Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Chinese traders and explorers first visited the Maldives, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, in the early fourteenth century. The traveler Wang Dayuan "discovered" the island sultanate for the Chinese world, and merchants increasingly dealt in Maldivian goods such as coconuts, cowrie shells, and ambergris. Zheng He's fifteenth-century voyages ventured to the islands, by then a trading hub, and brought their envoys to Beijing. But the Maldives faded from Chinese records by the end of the sixteenth century, after the Ming state suddenly retreated from the Indian Ocean and shifted focus to Southeast Asia. Discovered but Forgotten is a pioneering examination of China's relations with the Maldives and Sino-Indian Ocean interactions, offering new ways to understand Chinese maritime exploration and the global history of the Indian Ocean. Drawing on a wide range of sources--including written records, Chinese and Jesuit maps, and archaeological analysis of shipwrecks--Bin Yang provides a comprehensive account of Chinese links to the Maldives and the Indian Ocean world from ancient times through the late Ming era. He scrutinizes Chinese understandings of the islands, emphasizing both seafaring material culture and textual knowledge production. Yang reconsiders the works of travelers such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta in light of Chinese explorations, and he opens a window onto a colorful world of intriguing commodities, port marriages, and voyages across the vast waters of maritime Asia. Transregional and interdisciplinary, Discovered but Forgotten reveals how a remote archipelago shaped the vast Chinese empire., Discovered but Forgotten is a pioneering examination of China's relations with the Maldives and Sino-Indian Ocean interactions, offering new ways to understand Chinese maritime exploration and the global history of the Indian Ocean.
LC Classification Number
DS740.5.M415Y36 2024
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- i***i (84)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBook was in good condition but not really “like new” as advertised. It has too much slight stains and creases on the exterior and inside a few pages to justify that description. But the book was reasonably priced so overall still a good value.
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