Zhu-bu

Original Name: 
Chinese Name: 
竹步
Notes: 

A maritime polity recorded in connection with the eunuch-led voyages in the early 15th century. Mills (1970; 192) identifies it with Giumbo in Somalia on the east coast of Africa.

For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 351).

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