← Explore on the interactive map

Wang Dayuan (Yuan)

Type Figure Region Yuan dynasty Time c. 1310–1350 Also known as Wang Dayuan (Yuan dynasty)

A 14th-century Yuan dynasty traveler and writer, active in the 1330s, who made two overseas voyages c.…

Timeline

  1. 1330–1334Quanzhou · Yuan dynastySailed from Quanzhou in 1330, visiting Champa, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, India, and the east African coast, returning in 1334, gathering first-hand observations for 'A Survey of the Barbarian Coastlands.'
  2. 1335–1339Wenzhou · Yuan dynastyAfter a second voyage from 1335 to 1339 he returned home, compiling the customs of over a hundred countries encountered on both voyages into 'A Survey of the Barbarian Coastlands,' a core Chinese source for studying the 14th-century South China Sea–Indian Ocean trade sphere.

Sources