Zheng He - The Great Chinese Explorer: A Bilingual Story of Adventure and Discovery - Couverture rigide

Jian, Li

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1602209901 ISBN 13 : 9781602209909

Editeur : Shanghai Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Follow the adventures of the great Chinese explorer Zheng He (1371 1433) during the renowned Ming Dynasty in this illustrated bilingual book. The young Zheng He dreamed of foreign lands, his imagination awakened by a porcelain vase his grandfather and father brought home from overseas. It became his goal to find this stunning cobalt colour. The road to fulfilling this dream was not a straight one. First Zheng He entered into the Emperor s service as a young man, achieving brilliant military victories. After the country became peaceful and prosperous, the Emperor chose him to command great sea voyages, engaging in trade and establishing relations with foreign governments. During the next 28 years he made seven major expeditions by sea to South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and even reaching as far as the east coast of Africa. And after all that travel, his childhood dream finally came true. On the Arabian Peninsula he discovered the beautiful colour for which he had been searching, and this unique shade of blue became a trademark of the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Shanghai Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1602209901
• ISBN 13: 9781602209909
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 42
• Illustrateur: Jian Li