Java
Also known as: Pulau Jawa · Jawa Island · Java Island · Pulau Java · Jawa · Java, Indonesia · Ява
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in the South East Asian country of Indonesia.
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Java: Ma Huan
In Ma Huan's fourth imperial expedition in 1413, he sailed south and west from China and into the Indian ocean, visiting Champa, Java, Sumatra, Palembang, Siam, Kochi and Hormuz.
Java: Zheng He’s First Voyage, 1405–1407
During the first three voyages from 1405 to 1411, the fleet followed the same basic maritime route: from Fujian to the first call in Champa, across the South China Sea to Java and Sumatra, up the Strait of Malacca to northern Sumatra for assembly of the fleet, across the Indian Ocean to Ceylon, then along the Malabar Coast to Calicut.