Weichung Cheng, "War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683)"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 9004250662 | PDF | pages: 389 | 4.9 mb
The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Cheng-kungalias Coxingaand his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in Chinas southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization.