Seeking Ming recognition, Lê Thế Tông sent the seals of the Lê and the Mạc to the border in 1596; the Ming insisted that he come in person, and after a wasted first journey he met their officials at the pass in 1597.
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Lê Thế Tông meets Ming officials at Nam Quan
- 1597
- Southeast Asia
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