Zheng He 1371 1435 Admiral Of The Treasure Ships Between 1405 and 1433, ming china under the rule of zhu di, sent out enormous armadas of ships into the indian ocean commanded by the eunuch admiral zheng he.the flagship and other largest treasure junks dwarfed european ships of that century; even christopher columbus's flagship, the "santa maria," was between 1 4 and 1 5 the size of zheng he's. The size of the treasure ships, the largest ships in zheng he's fleet, has been a subject of much controversy, with some old chinese records mentioning the size of 44 zhang or 44.4 zhang, which has been interpreted by some modern scholars as over 100 m (330 ft) in length, while others have stated that zheng he's largest ship was around 70 m.
Zheng He Poseidon Sciences Standard mandarin. hanyu pinyin. mǎ hé. zheng he (also romanized cheng ho; 1371–1433 1435) was a chinese admiral, explorer, diplomat, and bureaucrat during the early ming dynasty (1368–1644). he is often regarded as the greatest admiral in chinese history. born into a muslim family as ma he, he later adopted the surname zheng conferred. The treasure shipyard in nanjing, where zheng he’s massive fleet was built was shut down, abandoned and subsequently lost to history. a full size model of a "middle sized treasure boat" (63.25 m long) of the zheng he fleet at the treasure boat shipyard site in nanjing. build ca. 2005 from concrete, lined with wooden planks. In the 1400s, zheng he sailed thousands of miles around asia and africa in ships the size of soccer fields, spreading chinese innovations like compasses and gunpowder in the process. Crew,provisions and treasures on zheng he's ships. the largest expedition utilized a crew of 30,000 men and a fleet of 317 ships, including a 444 foot long teak wood treasury ship with nine masts, the largest wooden ship ever made; 370 foot, eight masted “galloping horse ships,” the fastest boats in the fleet; 280 foot supply ships; 240 foot troop transports; 180 foot battle junks, a.
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