The Asia-Pacific region has been one of the two or three most significant and vigorous maritime cultural spheres in the world.As with the Mediterranean and North Atlantic,where European mariners developed remarkable classical maritime trade and then voyages of discovery and maritime globalization,the Asia-Pacific region plays a special role in the maritime history of humankind.The researching and publishing program of The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation book series carried out by the cooperation of Xiamen University and Springer Nature,presents the most important,current archaeological research on ancient navigation and sea routes in the Asia-Pacific,restores an international and multidisciplinary academic dialogue on maritime archaeology.The further promotion of this program will explore a broad range of outstanding work to highlight various aspects of the Asia-Pacific navigation,offering a challenging but highly distinctive contribution to a better understanding of global maritime history.