The Maritime Scene in China at the Dawn of Great European Discoveries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7864014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kuei-Sheng Chang (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347 |
| Publication date | 1974-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/600069 |
| OpenAlex | W2331789043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In examining the scope and limitations of Chinese maritime activities up to the early Ming, this paper reveals that little disparity existed between China and its European counterpart on the basis of ship design, ship-building capacity, nautical skills, geographical horizons in the oceanic world and actual knowledge of Africa and beyond. Hindrances to achievements comparable to the great European discoveries of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are to be found in the traditional concepts and emphases in Chinese geography as well as institutional weaknesses inherent in the Ming State
Archaeology · China · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Epistemology · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Scope (computer science · State (computer science · Strengths and weaknesses · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |