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Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society

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Title

Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society

Subject

New lamps for Old: Modern nautical Terms for Ancient marine practices and the Navigation of the Zheng He Voyages

Description

The Mao K'un with the Zheng he Voyages used a star charts instead of the ocean navigations. But there are mislabeled star chart title of navigational diagrams by Needham. Also there are some problems in identifying stars with sailors' and names'. Zheng aids to navigation but only approximate geographical coastal positions can be found.

Creator

P.J.Rivers

Source

JIMBRAS,VOL.85,Part 1 (2012),pp.90

Date

2012

Contributor

maya

Type

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