page_title: Mao Kun map
hierarchical_section_title: Mao Kun map
caption_attribution_description: English: Pages from Ming Dynasty book Wu Bei Zhi (1628) (section of an ocean travel chart, believed to be based on Zheng He's expeditions) 中文: 郑和航海图第一页(武备志)
context_page_description: Mao Kun map, usually referred to in modern Chinese sources as Zheng He's Navigation Map, is a set of navigation charts published in the Ming dynasty military treatise Wubei Zhi. The book was compiled by Mao Yuanyi in 1621 and published in 1628; the name of the map refers to his grandfather Mao Kun from whose library the map is likely to have originated. The map is often regarded as a surviving document from the expeditions of Zheng He in addition to accounts written by Zheng's officers, such as Yingya Shenglan by Ma Huan, Xingcha Shenglan by Fei Xin, and Xiyang Fanguo Zhi by Gong Zhen. It is the earliest known Chinese map to give an adequate representation of Southern Asia, Persia, Arabia and East Africa.
context_section_description: Mao Kun map, usually referred to in modern Chinese sources as Zheng He's Navigation Map (traditional Chinese: 鄭和航海圖; simplified Chinese: 郑和航海图; pinyin: Zhèng Hé hánghǎi tú), is a set of navigation charts published in the Ming dynasty military treatise Wubei Zhi. The book was compiled by Mao Yuanyi in 1621 and published in 1628; the name of the map refers to his grandfather Mao Kun (Chinese: 茅坤; pinyin: Máo Kūn) from whose library the map is likely to have originated.  The map is often regarded as a surviving document from the expeditions of Zheng He in addition to accounts written by Zheng's officers, such as Yingya Shenglan by Ma Huan, Xingcha Shenglan by Fei Xin, and  Xiyang Fanguo Zhi by Gong Zhen.  It is the earliest known Chinese map to give an adequate representation of Southern Asia, Persia, Arabia and East Africa.
caption: First page of the map with part of the introduction
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