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Li Hsien (Compiler); Ta Ming i t'ung chih
(the great geography of the Ming) (1461)
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Taken from: AC Moule; Some foreign birds and beasts in Chinese books.
Also called: Ta ming it'ung chih
Yuan 90
Hu-lu-mu-ssu kuo (Hormuz): . . . Local products : Large horses ; calico; lions ; t'o chi (ostriches), they lift up their heads to a height of perhaps seven feet; fu-lu (zebras), like donkeys but with lovely variegated stripes ; ling yang, the larger tails weigh more than 20 catties, when they walk they use carts to carry their tails ; long-horned ma-ha-shou, the horns are longer than the body.
Tsu-fa-erh kuo (Djufar).... Local products: Western horses; ho-ting (hornbill) t'o chi (ostrich) fu-lu (zebra)
In this chapter also is stated that Hormuz and Zufar were unknown before Yung-lo (1403-1424)
