title: Zheng He, The Great Chinese Explorer: A Bilingual Story of Adventure and Discovery (Chinese and English)
author: Li Jian
description: "As educational as it is fascinating, <i>Zheng He, the Great Chinese Explorer</i> is an excellent addition to public and school library nonfiction picturebook collections." <b><i>Midwest Book Review</i></b>
zlib_text: DISCOVERY
  VOLUME X, NUMBER 2                                                                                        SPRING 2017
  
  The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
   
  —Emily Dickinson, 1876
  Giraffe brought by Chinese explorer Zheng He to the court of Ming emperor Yongle as a gift from the 
  king of Bengal, early fifteenth century. From 1405–33 Zheng He commanded seven naval expeditions.
  
  editor 
  lewis h. lapham
  publisher 
  david rose
  executive editor 
  kelly burdick
  senior editors 
  sarah fan • henry freedland • leopold froehlich
  art editor 
  timothy don
  associate editor 
  laurent merceron
  design and production director 
  jason david brown
  web editor 
  angela serratore
  executive assistant 
  ann k. gollin
  editorial board 
  emily allen-hornblower • noga arikha • jack beatty • warren breckman • d. graham burnett 
  david cannadine • richard cohen • linda colley • john crowley • annie dillard • michael dirda 
  barbara ehrenreich • aidan flax-clark • peter foges • anthony gottlieb • anthon