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Project

China’s Maritime Commerce and Naval Activities in Northeast Asia During the “Yuan-Ming Rupture” (late 14th century)
Code
01N01712
Duration
01 January 2012 → 22 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Archaeology
    • History
    • Theory and methodology of archaeology
    • Other history and archaeology
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
Keywords
Sino-Korean-Japanese relations Yuan-Ming transition official-private coastal defence maritime trade foreign relations underwater-archaeology 17th Century 18th Century Oriental languages Language and text analysis Asia Far East Area studies History
 
Project description

The Penglai port (north China) has been used as a strategic commercial and military base for maritime enterprises since ancient times. A comparative analysis of written and archaeological sources will shed new light on China’s maritime policy and the interaction of official (naval) authorities and private commerce in a much understudied geographical space during a period of a fundamental dynastic shift.