Zheng He: Treasure Ship Voyages

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Born in 1371, Kunyang china. Zheng He was one of the world’s best admirals navigating and exploring much of today's globe. He was best known for Treasure ship voyages to India. He commanded several famous naval expeditions exploring the “western oceans.” His expeditions were carried out to show the rest of the world the power of the chinese empire and commence trade with the rest of the world. Zheng He passed away in 1433 for unknown reasons.

He first set sail in 1405 with an array of ships of different shapes and sizes. His fleet was of such size that nearly 53 ships and 27,000 men were involved in his so called missions. The fleet visited Champa(now in southern Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Malacca (Melaka), and the island of Java and then

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