郑和七下西洋：真正的航海英雄“辛巴达”（英）

作者简介

本书作者Don Morreale，美国国籍，居住于科罗拉多州丹佛市。高中开始创作，用英文出版了两本关于佛教的书籍：《美国佛教徒——静修与实践》，约翰缪尔出版社（1988年）和《美国佛教徒完全指南》，香巴拉出版社（1998年）。他曾作为《丹佛邮报》专栏作家，每周撰写一篇关于科罗拉多普通人的故事。他曾获美国丹佛大学创意写作硕士学位，并在五年期间内多次赴中国杭州的浙江理工大学及尼泊尔的加德满都大学（2015年）任教英文写作及英文演讲。在中国任教期间，他为撰写关于郑和的书而专程赴南京进行了现场研究。

内容简介

Admiral Zheng He stood on the deck of his enormous flagship and surveyed his fleet of one hundred treasure ships. Their bright red sails billowed in the wind as they made their way south on what would be the last of seven trading voyages they had taken under orders from Emperor, Zhu Di. The Admiral was a big man, nearly 7 feet tall, with eyebrows as straight as swords, and a voice as loud as a temple bell. He paced the decks like a lion and, after years of sailing in the bright sun and salty seas, his skin had become as rough as an orange peel. On this trip they would stop at many of the places they had visited on previous journeys: Siam, Indonesia, Ceylon, India, the Arabian Peninsula, and the East Coast of Africa. The boat rocking gently beneath his feet, the great Admiral chewed spicy pumpkin seeds as he thought about the adventuresome life he had lived. He was born in 1371 in Yunnan Province at the foot of the Himalayas, two month’s journey by land from the nearest seaport. His family belonged to the Hui tribe of Chinese Muslims......