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Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese fleet admiral, explorer, diplomat, and bureaucrat during the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Jul 5, 2024 · Zheng He (born c. 1371, Kunyang, near Kunming, Yunnan province, China—died 1433, Calicut [now Kozhikode], India) was an admiral and diplomat who helped extend the maritime and commercial influence of China throughout the regions bordering the Indian Ocean.
Zheng He's epic voyages which began 600 years ago, almost to the day, left a deep impression on the historical consciousness of the peoples living in the coastal regions of what the Chinese called the Western Ocean.
Aug 13, 2021 · The legendary Chinese seafarer the West overlooks. In the 1400s, Zheng He sailed thousands of miles around Asia and Africa in ships the size of soccer fields, spreading Chinese innovations like...
Zheng He (c. 1371–1433) served as a brilliant military leader, maritime explorer, and foreign diplomat under the Yongle emperor of the Ming dynasty. One of China’s most accomplished admirals, he led seven expeditions to the “Western Oceans.”
Jul 3, 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.
Zheng He was a Chinese explorer who lead seven great voyages on behalf of the Chinese emperor. These voyages traveled through the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and along the east coast of Africa. His seven total voyages were diplomatic, military, and trading ventures, and lasted from 1405 – 1433.
Jul 28, 2010 · Zheng He, a Muslim eunuch, died in 1433 aged 62 and is buried in the Chinese city of Nanjing. Next month, archaeologists will begin work off the coast of Kenya to identify a wreck believed to...
Zheng He was an ethnically Muslim Chinese figure of the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China for 276 years between the 1368 and 1644. Zheng He might be called the “Christopher Columbus” of China because of his spectacular journeys to far-off lands, such as East Africa, the Middle East, and Sri Lanka.
Zheng He (original name Ma Sanbao, later Ma He), admiral who helped extend the influence of China throughout the regions bordering the Indian Ocean. Zheng He was the best known of the Yongle emperor’s diplomatic agents.
