《War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas》是BRILL出版的圖書，作者是Weichung Cheng
基本介紹
- 書名：War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas
- 作者：Weichung Cheng
- 出版社：BRILL
- 出版時間：2013年5月17日
- 頁數：390 頁
- 裝幀：Hardcover
- ISBN：9789004250666
- 叢書：TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction
- 售價：GBP 83.73
內容簡介
Approaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire’s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese comme...(展開全部) Approaching its demise, the Ming imperial administration enlisted members of the Cheng family as mercenaries to help in the defense of the coastal waters of Fukien. Under the leadership of Cheng Chih-lung, also known as Nicolas Iquan, and with the help of the local gentry, these mercenaries became the backbone of the empire’s maritime defense and the protectors of Chinese commercial interests in the East and South China Seas. The fall of the Ming allowed Cheng Ch’eng-kung—alias Coxinga—and his sons to create a short-lived but independent seaborne regime in China’s southeastern coastal provinces that competed fiercely, if only briefly, with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and English merchants during the early stages of globalization.
