#220 - Ming 12: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Gift Them

<p>The treasure Fleet goes on missions 2-4, resulting in increasingly strange, valuable, and even divine gifts being presented to Great Ming.</p><br><p>Time Period Covered:</p><p>1407-1415 CE</p><br><p>Major Historical Figures</p><p>Ming:</p><p>Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di) [r. 1402-1424]</p><p>Admiral Zheng He [1371-1435]</p><p>Commodore Yang Min&nbsp;</p><p>Ma Huan, translator &amp; chronicler [1380-1460]</p><br><p>Kingdom of Malacca:</p><p>King Parameswara [r. 1402-1414]</p><br><p>Major Works Cited:</p><p>Chan, Hok-lam. “The Yung-lo reign” in The Cambridge History of China, vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Pt. I.</p><p>Dreyer, Edward L. Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433.</p><p>Levathes, Louise. When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433.</p><p>Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Kéramos” in Keramos and Other Poems: A Book of Sonnets, Part II.</p><p>U.N. Museum. “Nanjing pagoda – Seven wonders of the medieval world.” www.unmuseum.org</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>