SAM Talks

Saturday University—Asia Crossings: Travel Accounts Through Asia’s History Ming China Goes Abroad: The Zheng He Voyages of the 15th Century, Geoffrey Wade March 16, 2013 9:30–11 am Stimson Auditorium

Geoffrey Wade, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore

In the early 15th century, Ming China dispatched naval expeditions to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the East coast of Africa. One of the most famous commanders of these voyages was the eunuch Admiral Zheng He. This lecture examines the man, his voyages and the historical legacy of these expeditions.

Other lectures in this series:
Feb. 16: China and India are One: An Indian Soldier's Travelogue of Beijing in 1890–1901
Feb 23: The Politics of Pilgrimage: Xuanzang and His Meetings with Indian Kings
March 2: How and Why did Mount Emei in China Become a “Buddhist Mountain?”
March 9: Ibn-Sina and the Flow of Medical Information Across Asia
March 16: Ming China Goes Abroad: The Zheng He Voyages of the 15th Century
March 23: Morocco to Mecca, Malaya and More: The Fourteenth Century Travels of Ibn Battuta
March 30: Women on the Road: Pilgrims, Puppeteers, and Prostitutes from 11th to 14th Century Japan
April 6: Pathways to Bliss: Reinventing Buddhist Pilgrimage in Andhra Pradesh
April 13: Gentility on the Move: Travelogues and Fictions of Foreign Travel by Chinese Women, Circa 1900

Members: $5.00
Adults: $10.00

SAM member series: $43
Nonmember series: $86