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The Ming treasure voyages were maritime expeditions undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands of the South China Sea and Indian Ocean .
- The First Voyage
- The Second and Third Voyages
- Zheng He's Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Voyages
- The Seventh Voyage
- Legacy of The Treasure Fleet
In 1403, the Yongle Emperorordered the construction of a huge fleet of ships capable of travel around the Indian Ocean. He put his trusted retainer, the Muslim eunuch Zheng He, in charge of construction. On July 11, 1405, after an offering of prayers to the protective goddess of sailors, Tianfei, the fleet set out for India with the newly-named adm...
After presenting their tribute and receiving gifts from the Chinese emperor, the foreign envoys needed to go back to their homes. Therefore, later in 1407, the great fleet set sail once again, going as far as Ceylon with stops in Champa, Java, and Siam(now Thailand). Zheng He's armada returned in 1409 with holds full of fresh tribute and again turn...
After a two-year respite on-shore, in 1413 the Treasure Fleet set out on its most ambitious expedition to date. Zheng, He led his armada all the way to the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, making port calls at Hormuz, Aden, Muscat, Mogadishu, and Malindi. He returned to China with exotic goods and creatures, famously including giraffes, wh...
On June 29, 1429, the Xuande Emperor ordered preparations for a final voyage of the Treasure Fleet. He appointed Zheng He to command the fleet, even though the great eunuch admiral was 59 years old and in poor health. This last great voyage took three years and visited at least 17 different ports between Champa and Kenya. On the way back to China, ...
Faced with the Mongol threat on their northwest border, and the huge financial drain of the expeditions, Ming scholar-officials deplored the extravagant voyages of the Treasure Fleet. Later emperors and scholars sought to erase the memory of these great expeditions from Chinese history. However, Chinese monuments and artifacts scattered all around ...
Welcome to a journey across time and sea, exploring the monumental voyages of Zheng He, the Ming Dynasty’s legendary admiral.
14 December. Treasure fleet departs from Calicut [48] 1433. Zheng He dies [49] Hong Bao and Ma Huan arrive in Calicut and send seven men to Mecca while Hong Bao visits Djofar, Lasa, Aden, Mogadishu, and Barawa before heading back to China [50] 17 January. Treasure fleet arrives at Hormuz [48] 9 March.
Nov 30, 2022 · In the 15th century, a Chinese fleet engaged in seven major “treasure voyages” that traveled all over the South China Sea, throughout the Indian Ocean, and beyond.
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By 1449 several tribes unified and their raids and counterattacks were to haunt the Ming Dynasty for the next two centuries until its fall, forcing military attention to be focused on the north. But the situation in the south was not much better.
May 26, 2021 · The Ming Treasure Voyages have been commanded and overseen via way of means of the eunuch establishment whose political have an impact on became closely depending on imperial favor. With in Ming China's Imperial Kingdom system, the civil officers have been the number one political fighters of the eunuchs and the opposing faction in oppposition ...
