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Zheng He

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Zheng He: see Cheng Ho Cheng Ho or Zheng He , 1371–c.1433, admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China's Ming dynasty. At 10 he was captured by Chinese troops in Yunnan, castrated, and sent into the army.
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Zheng He

 or Cheng Ho orig. Ma Sanbao

(born c. 1371, Kunyang, Yunnan province, China—died April 1433, Calicut, India) Eunuch admiral and diplomat who helped extend Chinese maritime and commercial influence throughout the region bordering on the Indian Ocean.The Yongle emperor named Zheng commander in chief of missions to the “Western Oceans.” He first set sail in 1405 and on this mission visited Champa (southern Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Malacca, and Java, traveled through the Indian Ocean as far as Sri Lanka, and returned to China in 1407. Subsequent voyages took him to Arabia, the eastern coast of Africa, Southeast Asia, and India. Chinese emigration to, and influence in, Southeast Asia increased in the wake of these missions, resulting in tributary trade to China that lasted into the 19th century.
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Starting in 1405 the eunuch Admiral Zheng He led a series of seven voyages from the shores of the Ming empire into the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
Dreyer, Edward L. Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming ... by Armstrong, Benjamin / Naval War College Review
Admiral Zheng He and his fleet of 'treasure ships' embarked on 7 different expeditions that sailed further than any thought possible--and continued the journey for over 28 years.
Adventures of the Treasure Fleet by Children's Bookwatch
But the copy of a map dated 1418 to be made public in Beijing on Monday and London a day later could show that it was in fact Admiral Zheng He who got there first, more than 70 years earlier.
Map may prove a Chinese eunuch discovered America by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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