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Yong-le: Year 6, Month 1, Day 18
14 Feb 1408
14 Feb 1408
The Ministry of Works was ordered to build 48 treasure ships (寶船).
Tai-zong: juan 75.2b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 1032
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Geoff Wade, translator, Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource, Singapore: Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore, http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/yong-le/year-6-month-1-day-18-0, accessed January 22, 2019