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Summary
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The author is unknown, but the charts were derived from works by Zheng He's expeditionary navigators during the early 15th century
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This navigational chart is one of the four stellar diagrams included in the
Wubei Zhi
, published in circa 1628. It appears in chapter 240, folio 24 r. The chart specifies the guiding stars enroute from Hormuz to Calicut.
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| Source/Photographer | Not given by uploader |
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| Reference | Mills, J.V.G. (1970). Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' [1433] . pp. 335–346. |
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