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The Ming Voyages -- Routes

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The East China Sea and South China Sea to Java

- Nanjing to Taicang [near present-day Shanghai] along the Yangzi River
- The Southern coast of China, from the Yangtze River to Guangzhou and Hainan Island
- Along the coasts of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
- Southern Borneo, Java, and Sunda Strait
- Along the east coast of Malay peninsula to eastern Java
- From Grand Condore to Thailand
- From Thailand to Pedra Branca

The Strait of Melaka and Sumatra

- Through the Singapore Strait
- Through the Malacca Strait
- Along the West Coast of Sumatra
- Along the East Coast of Sumatra
- From Pedra Branca to India
- From Kuala Pasai to Poulo Rondo
- From Kuala Pasai to Little Karimun Island

The Andaman Sea

- The Nicobar and Andaman Islands
- From the west coast of Thailand and Burma to the Nicobar and Andaman islands
- Along the west coast of Thailand and Burma

The Bay of Bengal to Ceylon

- From Kuala Pasai to Chittagong
- From Bengal down the east coast of India
- From Bengal to Ceylon
- From Poulo Rondo to Ceylon

The Maldives and the Malabar Coast

- From Ceylon to the Maldives and Laccadives
- From Ceylon along the west coast of India to Quilon, Cochin, Calicut, and Goa
- From the west coast of India to the Maldives and Laccadives

The Arabian Sea to the Gulf and East African Coast

- From the Maldives and Laccadives to the East Coast of Africa
- From Hormuz to Aden and East Africa
- From Mangalore to Kalhat
- From Anjidiv island to Kalhat
- From Goa to Kalhat
- From Calicut to Hormuz
- The coast of Baluchistan and Persia
- The Coasts of Arabia
- The East Coast of Africa


Sources
J. V. G. Mills, Ma Huan, Ying-yai Sheng-lan, "The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores," [1433], Hakluyt Society (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1970).

 

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