wang, dayuan, chinese, 汪大淵, pinyin, wāng, dàyuān, 1311, 1350, courtesy, name, huanzhang, chinese, 煥章, pinyin, huànzhāng, chinese, traveller, yuan, dynasty, from, quanzhou, 14th, century, known, major, ship, voyages, born, around, 1311, hongzhou, present, nanch. Wang Dayuan Chinese 汪大淵 pinyin Wang Dayuan fl 1311 1350 courtesy name Huanzhang Chinese 煥章 pinyin Huanzhang was a Chinese traveller of the Yuan dynasty from Quanzhou in the 14th century He is known for his two major ship voyages Wang Dayuan was born around 1311 at Hongzhou present day Nanchang 1 During 1328 1333 he sailed along the South China Sea and visited many places in Southeast Asia He reached as far as South Asia and Australia and landed in modern day Bengal Sri Lanka and India as well as areas close to modern day Darwin Australia In 1334 1339 he visited North Africa and East Africa 2 Around 1330 Wang visited the island of Singapore where he wrote about a small settlement called Danmaxi Chinese 淡马锡 pinyin Danmǎxi Malay Temasek that had both Malay and Chinese residents and already had an established Chinatown His 1349 account of his travel Dao Yi Zhi Lue simplified Chinese 岛夷志略 traditional Chinese 島夷誌略 pinyin Dǎo Yi Zhi Lue A Brief Account of Island Barbarians is one of the few records documenting the early history of Singapore 3 References Edit Wang Dayuan Singapore History eresources nlb gov sg Retrieved 2021 04 01 W W Rockhill tr Description of the Barbarians of the Isles T oung Pao 1913 was a monkey Ap7WX amp sig KSjp300mmvnSJALjDagWLXJ6xWA The Ethnic Chinese in the Asian States This Chinese biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about an explorer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wang Dayuan amp oldid 1152611279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
