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Some of these ships were the largest marine craft the world had ever known. Zheng He’s nine-masted flagship measured about 400 feet long; for comparison, Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria measured just 85 feet. On the first voyage, from 1405 to 1407, 62 nine-masted “treasure ships” led the way, followed by almost 200 other ships of ...
Jul 28, 2010 · Zheng He was an admiral in the time of "empire", when there were no boundaries, no frontier limits, says China expert Edward Friedman. "The expeditions were real events - Zheng's achievements were ...
On December 6th, 1431, Zheng He set sail towards the West for a 7th time, from Longjiangguan (presently Xiaguan in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). He died from overwork in 1433, on the homeward voyage. The fleet was then led by another eunuch, Wang Jinghong, and returned to Nanjing on July 7th, 1433. The number of crewmen on that voyage was 27,550.
Jul 3, 2019 · Updated on July 03, 2019. Zheng He (1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese admiral and explorer who led several voyages around the Indian Ocean. Scholars have often wondered how history might have been different if the first Portuguese explorers to round the tip of Africa and move into the Indian Ocean had met up with the admiral's huge Chinese fleet.
Dec 19, 2014 · Celebrating the Legacy of a Chinese Explorer. Watching a video about the seafarer Zheng He, known as Cheng Ho in Malaysia, at a museum about his life in Malacca. Rahman Roslan for The New York ...
Jul 28, 2010 · Zheng He was an admiral in the time of "empire", when there were no boundaries, no frontier limits, says China expert Edward Friedman. "The expeditions were real events - Zheng's achievements were ...
Zheng He was prominent during the Ming Dynasty and was the favoured Eunuch of the Yongle Emperor. His main occupations were as an explorer and diplomat. Because of this, he travelled far and wide making contact with various countries and cultures. Zheng He also had a very interesting, multicultural background.
