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Click to read more about when china ruled the seas. She has also written three plays, an opera, edited volumes of prose and poetry, and contributed to journals and anthologies. Below is a list of louise erdrichs books in order of when they were first published. The treasure fleet of the dragon throne, 14051433 by louise levathes. There is no attempt to integrate archaeological finds throughout the world with what is known of chinese exploration activities, which leaves the author on much firmer ground from a historical standpoint.
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One hundred years before columbus and his fellow europeans began their voyages of discovery, fleets of giant junks comma. A 1994 new york times notable book of the yearan intriguing account of chinas rise and fall as a naval power, one hundred years before columbus discovered the new world. In 1990, she was a visiting scholar at the johns hopkins center for chinese and american studies. The atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine. In 1498 the portuguese explorer vasco da gama, with a fleet of four small ships, sailed into the east african port of malindi, where he hired a pilot who helped him navigate to calicut. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The treasure fleet of the dragon throne, on librarything. Louise levathes books biography and list of works author of.