The Cheng Family of Fukien, 1620-1683
FAIN: FB-11047-72
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012)
John E. Wills (Project Director: September 1972 to present)
To study all available sources in Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and Portugese, of the Cheng family of Fukien, the great sea-loards and international merchants who dominated the south China coast from the late 1620s to 1661 and remained an important power until 1683.