The first page of a set of maps associated with Zheng He’s voyages called Zheng He hanghai tu 郑和航海图, also known as “the Mao Kun map”, from a collection dated 1628, but perhaps from a century earlier.
On the 6th of November 2018, Dr. Sally Church delivered a lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, on the topic: ‘The Maritime Expeditions of Zheng He’ as part of the ‘Maritime Silk Route: Across the Seas of Asia’, a Specialist Art Short Courses programme of the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts, and also part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS.
The event took place on the 6th of November, 10-11.15 am, Room B202, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.