Cao Mao and Zhong Hui looked at the map before them.
Neither could hide his excitement.
Cao Mao was better off, since he knew what the world truly looked like, but for Zhong Hui, this was an entirely new experience.
After a long period of copying and tracing, Pei Xiu had produced this Known World Map.
The map included Great Wei, the lands beyond the passes, the Wa Kingdom, Yizhou, Sha Province, the Yuezhi, Funan, and other regions...
From Cao Mao's perspective, it encompassed what would later be East Asia, India, Southeast Asia, and other regions.
Even Malaya and many other parts of later Southeast Asia were marked on the map.
The Wu Kingdom had recorded more than a hundred countries during its voyages. Of course, these so-called countries might have been like the forty or fifty little states of the Western Regions, each a single city constituting a country. Even the largest among them might not have been as powerful as the Kingdom of Kucha.
The Wu Kingdom's sailing records had long since been sent to the imperial court, and they had become an important reference for Pei Xiu in drawing the map.
The distances covered by the Wu Kingdom's voyages were staggering. They had visited almost all the many islands of Southeast Asia, and had even proclaimed Great Wu's might in various places, demanding that these countries come to pay tribute.
This was especially true toward the end of Sun Quan's rule, when Sun Quan himself had been very keen to see the four quarters come to his court.
Since he could not get Great Wei to send anyone to pay tribute, he could only go overseas to bully some little fellows and make them pay tribute to him, as proof of his civil achievements and martial exploits