The Mao Kun Map is the earliest Chinese map to accurately map Southern Asia, Persia, Arabia together with East Africa. The map was outset published inwards the 17th century inwards the armed forces treatise Wubei Zhi. The introduction to the map inwards Wubei Zhi suggests that the Mao Kun charts are based on documents from the expeditions of Zheng He. The Mao Kun Map is besides sometimes known every bit Zheng He's Navigation Map.
The map is a long strip map charting the body of body of water road from the Ming working capital missive of the alphabet inwards Nanjing to the East Coast of Africa (the map is arranged from correct to left, starting from Nanjing together with finishing inwards Hormuz.) You tin dismiss follow the whole road inwards unopen especial on the Interactive Zheng He Sailing Map. This interactive version of the map was created past times Professor Anthony Barbieri-Low of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The interactive map includes translations of 100 of the Chinese place-names on the map. If y'all hover over these place-names (highlighted inwards cherry on the map) y'all tin dismiss read the English linguistic communication translation. If y'all click on a highlighted place-name y'all tin dismiss thought the selected location on Google Maps. All these translated together with mapped locations are besides available from a drop-down menu, which provides a quick agency to discovery a location on the map. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 small-scale inset map runs along the top of the map to demonstrate where y'all are currently looking on the huge strip map.
The dotted lines on the map are sailing routes. The Chinese text along these routes supply sailing instructions, including compass points together with distances. The sailing instructions are to a greater extent than detailed inwards Chinese waters. The map itself is besides to a greater extent than accurate inwards Chinese territory together with is less consummate the farther W it goes.
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