Ma Huan, Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan, "The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores" [1433],  translated from the Chinese text, edited by Feng Cheng Chun, with introduction, notes and appendices by J.V.G. Mills.
1970
Includes discussions on the Cheng Ho expeditions, the Mao Kun map, Lung Ya Strait, Keppel Harbour, and the earliest European rutter of the voyage from Malacca to China.
NAB 1355
English
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