Original Reviews of China and Africa in the Middle Ages: 'A manifest gap in African studies has been filled...' Race'There are important pages dedicated to the discovery of Chinese porcelain and coins on the coast of East Africa...' East and West'...all the evidence from both Chinese documents and East African excavations is considered' Journal of African History

• 1.Introduction 2. From the Han Dynasty to the T’ang and Sung Dynasties 3. The Expansion and Deployment of China’s Navy 4. The Earliest Chinese Descriptions of African Countries 5. China’s Westward Ventures in the Early Mind Period 6. Chinese Accounts of Brava, Giumbo and Mogadishu 7. Chinese Coins and Porcelain on the East African Coast 8. The Dates of the Early Ming Voyages to the West 9. Cheng Ho’s Two Inscriptions 10. The Ending of the Chinese Expeditions to the Western Seas and Africa.