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Dr Wang’s Up-Comming Appearances on 3rd, 4th & 5th September 2025

We are pleased to announce that on the 3rd of September 2025, Dr Sheng-Wei Wang will be a presenter at the 2025 Commonwealth of World Chinatowns Conference (Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos) in Penang, Malaysia (link to programme here). At 3:45 PM, Dr Wang will be presenting her work featured in her latest book, Chinese Global Exploration in the Pre-Columbian Era: Evidence from an Ancient World Map (2023).

New Asia Currents: NAC Focus adds Dr. Wang’s work

We are pleased to announce the New Asia Currents: NAC Focus has added four new webpages featuring Dr Sheng-Wei Wang’s work on pre-Columbian Chinese voyages.

NAC Focus archives editorial projects on specific subjects to supplement the 2025 release of New Asia Currents. New Asia Currents outlines their editorial purposes, audience and objectives here. These include publising projects for people interested in “Frontiers of Art, Science & Human Civilisations”.

Determining the Origin and Era of Asia as Depicted to the North of China on the First Chinese World Map

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 new findings on the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》, specifically, the region… Determining the Origin and Era of Asia as Depicted to the North of China on the First Chinese World Map

An Ancient World Map Depicts West and Central Asia in 1433

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 studying the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》once more to demonstrate that… An Ancient World Map Depicts West and Central Asia in 1433

Where are Shui Chao Feng 水潮峰 and Snow Mountain 雪山, cited on the first Chinese world map?

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 of her article, Dr. Wang examines whether the Shui Chao… Where are Shui Chao Feng 水潮峰 and Snow Mountain 雪山, cited on the first Chinese world map?

5 June 2024 Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong)

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 her new book, Chinese Global Exploration in the pre-Columbian era:… 5 June 2024 Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong)

An Ancient World Map Depicts the Indian Subcontinent and Its Eastern Periphery in the Period 1432–1433 

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 Chinese sources takes us to the Indian subcontinent and its… An Ancient World Map Depicts the Indian Subcontinent and Its Eastern Periphery in the Period 1432–1433 

An Ancient World Map Shows Chinese Exploration of Southeast Asia in 1432‒1433 long before the Europeans

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 Chinese sources. Here she finds evidence showing that the map… An Ancient World Map Shows Chinese Exploration of Southeast Asia in 1432‒1433 long before the Europeans

South China Morning Post’s Articles on Dr Wang’s Work

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 Columbus?” and “Did Chinese Explorers land on Australia’s shores almost 200 years before… South China Morning Post’s Articles on Dr Wang’s Work