Louise Levathes

Broschiertes Buch

When China Ruled the Seas

The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 (Revised)

Beschreibung

This fascinating book takes an unprecedented look at the dynamic period in China's history--a hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World--focusing on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world. A 1994 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 12 halftone illustrations. 21 linecuts.

Autor

Louise Levathes was a staff writer for National Geographic for ten years and writes for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. In 1990, she was a visiting scholar at The Johns Hopkins Centre for Chinese and American Studies at Nanjing University, Jiangsu, China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780195112078
• ISBN-10: 0195112075
• Artikelnr.: 13971865