War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683)

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.

About the author

Wei-chung Cheng (1974) studied Sociology at National Taiwan University and Cheng-chi University, and History at Leiden University where he obtained his PhD in 2012. He is a Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Product details

• Authors: Weichung Cheng
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2013
• EAN: 9789004250666
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25066-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 246 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Tanap Monographs on the Histor
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous