Cheng Ho and Islam in Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Tan, Ta Sen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES 2009
• Subjects: Zheng, He > 1371-1435 > Travel > Southeast Asia; Islam > History > Southeast Asia; Islam > History > China; Southeast Asia > History > Religion
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• Physical Description: xi, 291 pages, [24] pages of plates illustrations (some colour.) 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages. 255-275) and index
• ISBN: 9812308377; 9789812308375

Tan Ta Sen is a noted historian of early modern Southeast Asian history who has published important work over the years in a number of languages, most notably English, and has become well known as a specialist in the history of Zheng He (Cheng Ho) voyages. Tan Ta Sen's book deserves to be widely read as a serious approach to understanding key events in Southeast Asian history and China's relationship to them. That the work has an excellent bibliography, including many Indonesian works, not normally listed, and that these are discussed in most cases within the book, along with a bibliography in Chinese and Western languages, is icing on the cake