Dao Yi Zhi Lue
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Dao Yi Zhi Lue or Dao Yi Zhi is a book written c. 1330 by Yuan Dynasty
Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan 汪大渊
recounting his travels to over a hundred places in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The book was written in present day Sri Lanka
. It described the weather, products, people, and customs of the places that Wang Dayuan visited.
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...
Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan 汪大渊
Wang Dayuan
Wang Dayuan was a traveller from Quanzhou, China during the Yuan Dynasty in the 14th century. He made two major trips on ships. During 1328-1333, he sailed along the South China Sea and visited many places in Southeast Asia and reached as far as South Asia, landing in Sri Lanka and India...
recounting his travels to over a hundred places in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The book was written in present day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It described the weather, products, people, and customs of the places that Wang Dayuan visited.