THE RYUKYU NETWORK IN THE FIFTEENTH AND EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURIES

Roderich Ptak's note analyzes the Ryukyu network in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, examining how Ryukyuan merchants and rulers navigated the Ming tribute system to fashion a far-flung commercial network centered on Naha. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources (Lidai baoan, Ming shi...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Roderich Ptak
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau April 2003
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40006/2708

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