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Chittagong

Kinsai(Hangchou)

Ceylon

Maldives

Java

Borneo

Philippine Is.HORN OF AFRICA

MALAY PENINSULA

OMAN

EGYPT

INDIA

CHINA

PERSIA

Hormuz

Jidda

Aden

Malindi

Mogadishu

Mecca

Cairo

Calicut

Chittagong

Malacca

Surabaya

Suzchou

Kinsai(Hangzhou)

Nanking

Tuban

A F R I C A

ARABIA

A S I A

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dus R

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Euphrates R.

Tigris R.

Ganges R.

Yangtze R

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Yellow

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Red Sea

Persian G

ulf

Arabian

Sea

Java Sea

Bay ofBengal

SouthChina

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EastChina

Sea

PACIFICOCEAN

INDIAN OCEAN

Caspian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Cheng Ho’s outward journey, Jan. 1431– Jan. 1433

Cheng Ho’s return voyage, March–July 1433

Ancillary ships of Cheng Ho’s expedition 1,200 km0

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Cheng Ho’s Voyage along Coastal Asia and Africa, 1431–1433