File:Mao Kun map - Ceylon, Africa.png

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English: Mao Kun map showing Ceylon and east coast of Africa The main island to the right is Ceylon (錫蘭山), India to the left, Africa is shown at the bottom, Malindi (麻林地) indicated at the far right corner
Date 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source J. V. G. Mills (tr.) Ma Huan: Ying-yai sheng-lan, The overall survey of the ocean's shores. Appendix 2 (1970). Originally from the Wubei Zhi (Treatise on Armament Technology), a 17th century work with maps based on material dated to the early 15th century voyages of Zheng He.
Author Mao Yuanyi (1594–1640?), editor of the Wubei Zhi; and an unknown cartographer.

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