While the rest of us are now in the full swing of fall with school, work and anticipation of the holiday season, Dr Wang has… Read More »Determining the Origin and Era of Asia as Depicted to the North of China on the First Chinese World Map
We are pleased to announce that on 11 July 2024, Dr Wang attended the The Zheng He Cultural and Art Festival and the Maritime Silk… Read More »The Zheng He Cultural and Art Festival and the Maritime Silk Road Expo
As fall approaches and the leaves change, most of us look forward to the start of the holiday season. Meanwhile, Dr Wang has been busy… Read More »An Ancient World Map Depicts West and Central Asia in 1433
As the summer warmth sets in, Dr Wang continues the search to match the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤舆万国全图》to their real life counterparts. In this sneakpeak… Read More »Where are Shui Chao Feng 水潮峰 and Snow Mountain 雪山, cited on the first Chinese world map?
We are pleased to announce that on 5 June 2024, Dr Sheng-Wei Wang will give a talk at the Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong), about… Read More »5 June 2024 Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong)
In this chapter, the search for evidence that Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》or Complete Geographical Map of All the Kingdoms of the World is based on… Read More »An Ancient World Map Depicts the Indian Subcontinent and Its Eastern Periphery in the Period 1432–1433
Dr Wang continues the search for evidence that Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》or Complete Geographical Map of All the Kingdoms of the World is based on… Read More »An Ancient World Map Shows Chinese Exploration of Southeast Asia in 1432‒1433 long before the Europeans
While most of us are thinking of summer holidays at the beach as summer approaches, Dr Wang has been busy studying the Chinese portion of… Read More »An Ancient World Map Depicts China in 1433
On 27 and 28 of January 2024, the South China Morning Post published the articles entitled “Did Chinese explorers from the Ming dynasty travel to the Americas decades before… Read More »South China Morning Post’s Articles on Dr Wang’s Work
We are saddened by the news of the passing of Dr Hwa-Wei Lee on the 17 of December, 2023 at the age of 92. Throughout… Read More »In Memory of Our Dear Friend, Dr Hwa-Wei Lee