claim: Species distribution can be understood through many factors except continental drift.
evidence: The Jiajing wokou raids -LRB- 嘉靖大倭寇 or 嘉靖倭亂 -RRB- caused extensive damage to the coast of China in the 16th century , during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor -LRB- r. 1521 -- 67 -RRB- in the Ming dynasty .. Jiajing Emperor. Jiajing Emperor. Ming dynasty. Ming dynasty. wokou. wokou. The term `` wokou '' originally referred to Japanese pirates who crossed the sea and raided Korea and China ; however , by the mid-Ming , the wokou consisted of multinational crewmen that included the Japanese and the Portuguese , but a great majority of them were Chinese instead .. wokou. wokou. Mid-Ming wokou activity began to pose a serious problem in the 1540s , reached its peak in 1555 , and subsided by 1567 , with the extent of the destruction spreading across the coastal regions of Jiangnan , Zhejiang , Fujian , and Guangdong .. wokou. wokou. Jiangnan. Jiangnan. Zhejiang. Zhejiang. Fujian. Fujian. Guangdong. Guangdong