TIME
This summer TIME embarked on an ambitious odyssey to the once powerful spice islands, sultanates and trading ports visited by Chinese Admiral Zheng He in the 15th century. Our team explores the color and chaos that characterize those ports today — and the mix of peoples and cultures that have shaped them for 600 years.
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