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tABLes & figures 4.1 Official Southeast Asian Missions to the Song Court 81 4.2 Maritime Polities which Sent Official Trade Missions to the Song Court 82 6.1 Saltpetre Trade from Japan to Manila 154–55 6.2 Saltpetre Trade to Vietnam during the 17th and 18th Centuries 156–57 7.1 Cinnabar and Pepper Traded from Tsushima to Pusan 197 7.2 Ships Carrying Cinnabar and Pepper from Tsushima to Pusan 197 8.1 Drift Sites of Korean, Ryukyuan and Japanese Ships Repatriated by China in the Qing Dynasty 217 8.2 Japanese Shipwreck Survivors Drifting to or Repatriated via Southeast Asia 224–27 10.1 Re-exports of Japanese silver from Taiwan to India and Persia, 1638–1661 266 Fig. 10.1 VOC’s Silver, Gold, and Copper Exports, in Comparison with the Values of Silver Exports by the Chinese and the Tsushima Domain, 1632–1730 (in taels) 264 Fig. 10.2 VOC’s Silk Yarn Imports to Japan from Major Places of Origin, in Comparison with the Volumes of Silk Yarn Imports by the Chinese and the Tsushima Domain, 1633–1730 (in catties) 268 ...

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