| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
96024966 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0195112075 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780195112078 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)34933205 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
951.02092 Lev |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
951.02092 Lev |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Levathes, Louise |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
When China ruled the seas: |
| Remainder of title |
the treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Louise Levathes |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
252 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Pronunciation guide to major figures -- Chinese dynasties -- Prologue: Phantoms in silk -- The Yi peoples -- Confucians and curiosities -- The prisoner and the prince -- The Treasure Fleet -- Destination: Calicut -- The strange kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon -- Emissaries of the Dragon Throne -- The auspicious appearance of the celestial animals -- Fires in the Forbidden City -- The last voyage -- The sultan's bride -- Epilogue: A people called Baijini. -- Notes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware and silk ventured to the edge of the world's "four corners." It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a look at this dynamic period in China's enigmatic history, focusing on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world and at its precipitious plunge into isolation when a new emperor ascended the Dragon Throne. During the brief period from 1405 to 1433, seven epic expeditions brought China's "treasure ships" across the China Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Taiwan to the spice islands of Indonesia and the Malabar coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the African coast, China's "El Dorado," and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook was credited with its discovery. [from publisher description]. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
96264 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Zheng, He |
| Dates associated with a name |
1371-1435 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Explorers |
| Geographic subdivision |
China |
| Source of heading or term |
Biography |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
Commerce |
| -- |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 1500. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
History, Naval |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 1644. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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