 In 1334–1339 he visited North Africa and East Africa.Around 1330, Wang visited the island of Singapore, where he wrote about a small settlement called "Danmaxi" (, ) that had both Malay and Chinese residents, and already had an established Chinatown.His 1349 account of his travel, "Dao Yi Zhi Lue" (; "A Brief Account of Island Barbarians"), is one of the few records documenting the early history of Singapore.