Discovered but Forgotten

Autorentext
Bin Yang is a professor of history at City University of Hong Kong. His books include Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Columbia, 2008) and Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money: A Global History (2019).

Zusammenfassung
Discovered but Forgotten is a pioneering examination of China's relations with the Maldives and Sino-Indian Ocean interactions, offering new ways to understand Chinese maritime exploration and the global history of the Indian Ocean.

Inhalt
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
Note on Chinese Weights and Measures in the Ming Dynasty
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Stage

1. Small, Remote, but Significant
2. From Zaitun
3. Sailing to the Indian Ocean
   Part II. A Destination
4. Who Once Landed in the Maldives?
5. The Kingdom of Atolls
6. Monsoons and Currents
7. Between the Son of Heaven and the Sultan
   Part III. The Cargo
8. The Trees of the Maldives
9. Ships Without Nails
10. Cowrie Shells
11. Dried Fish, Grains, and Handkerchiefs
12. Dragon's Spittle
13. Laka Wood and Frankincense
    Part IV. Reminiscences
14. A Ruined Buddhist Past
15. Port Marriage
16. A True Romance
17. An Echo: The China Bird
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index