18世纪初,著名的“大航海时代”已过去了近200年,地理大发现的成果早已为欧洲带来了繁荣与进步。在同时期的中国,宋、元以来造船、航海领袖世界的风范却已成为明日黄花。清政府的闭关政策使中国人远离海洋,多数人对海外世界的认知仍主要来自于《山海经》。尽管如此,由军事、贸易引起的 At the beginning of the eighteenth century, nearly 200 years have passed since the famous “Great Voyage” and the discoveries made by geography have long brought prosperity and progress to Europe. In the same period, China, the Song and Yuan Dynasties, shipbuilding, navigation style of the world leader has become tomorrow’s yellow flower. The Qing government’s policy of retrenchment kept the Chinese away from the sea. Most people’s cognition of the overseas world still comes mainly from the Book of Mountains and Seas. Nevertheless, caused by the military, trade