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A map, known as the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, includes geographic features and place names of the Americas that were not known to Europeans at the time. This map was a result of Zheng He's voyages during the Ming Dynasty
China1830.pdfDuring the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese admiral Zheng He commanded seven naval voyages around the Indian Ocean. These journeys took place between 1405 and 1433, involving tens of thousands of men and a massive number of ships known as the Treasure Fleet.
Matteo Ricci (Chinese name 利玛窦, 1552-1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He learned classical Chinese by working and living for more than 20 years in China. Because of his scientific expertise, he became an advisor to the imperial court of the Emperor Wanli (万历皇帝). Together with his Chinese collaborators [technical translator Li Zhizao (李之藻) and copier Zhang Wentao (张文焘)], he prepared maps and atlases for Emperor Wanli. [2] The most famous and most important was the 1602 world map Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿万国全图).
The Chinese Classic “ShanHaiJing” or “Mountains and Sea Classis”, written 2200 BC, reported expeditions to the ends of the earth including “Fu Sang” or “Prosperity Mountains”, refers to a beautiful land to the east of China.
Chinese Figurines in Mesoamerica Stephan F. de Borhegyi
Chinese figurines have been discovered in Mesoamerican contexts, including one in Azqueltan, Mexico, and another in Quezaltenango, Guatemala. A similar figurine was also found in Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313327
J. Alden Mason (1951) called attention to 2 small Chinese figurines found in local archaeological collections in Mesoamerica. One was from Azqueltan, Jalisco, Mexico and is now in the University Museum, Philadelphia (catalog number NA- 11808), and the other was in the Vitalino Robles collection of Quezaltenango, Guatemala.
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One was found in Azqueltan, Jalisco, Mexico, and is now in the University Museum, Philadelphia. Another was in the Vitalino Robles collection in Quezaltenango, Guatemala. A third was found in Guatemala City, also in a private collection.
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"While the figurines are visually similar to Chinese examples, there's no evidence to suggest they were made in China or that there was a significant connection between the two regions during the periods when these figurines were produced as noted by Cambridge University Press."
In the case of these figurines, their isolated discovery and lack of other supporting evidence prevent them from being interpreted as proof of extensive Chinese influence in Mesoamerica."
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