When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1405-1433
Subtitle: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1405-1433
Edition: First printing
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1994
Place of publication: USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
Copyright date: 1994
First sentence: In the millennium that proceeded the rise of the Chinese empire about 1600 B.C., the diverse Yi (and Yue) peoples of eastern and southern China developed quite independently from the Neolithic tribes centered in the Yellow River valley in north China.