Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.36

v2.c14.36

Zheng He's fleet set off from Liujiagang of Jiangsu. It was replenished in Fujian and then sailed to present-day Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia in southeast Asia. They crossed the Strait of Malacca to reach present-day Sri Lanka, India, Bengala and Maldives in southern Asia. It then entered the Persian Gulf and Red Sea via the Arabian Sea to come to present-day Iran, Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula, and then sailed southward to states along the east coast of Africa.