Zheng He

Zheng He

1. Life

   • Bornt - 1371-1372
     • Mother - Weng
     • Chinese diplomat
       • He was a young officer
       • Zheng He was a young man of great skill
       • He commanded the majority of expeditions of overseas in the epoch of the emperor Yongle
         • His first trip did it in 1405
         • After the emperor's change in 1424, the expeditions were suspended and Zheng did not return to make a new trip until 1431
         • 7 expeditions
     • DIed - 1435
     • Father - Ma Haiji
       • Son of a Muslim who had peregrinated to the Mecca
     • Really name Ma He

2. Expeditions

   • 1
     • 1405
       • 317 ships
         • First visit to Champa
           • The also visited Java
             • Finally they arrived to Calicut
   • 2
     • 1407
       • Yongle ordered to organize an expedition
         • It is not clear if Zheng He participated in this second voyage
           • Or only Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian
             • Siam, Java, Deli, Ahceh, Cochin and Calicut
   • 3
     • 1409
       • 1412
       • 48 ships
         • Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian
           • Quilon, Cochin y Calicut
   • 4
     • 1414
       • 63 ships
         • Zheng He VS Sumatra
           • Zheng He Win
           • looking for lands of the India and the Maldives Islands
   • 5
     • 1416
       • Yongle ordered Zheng He prepare a new trip
   • 6
     • 1421
       • The fleet was divided into Semudera
         • Zhou Man led the main fleet to Aden and Africa
           • Zheng He returned to China
             • The main fleet did not return until a year later
   • 7
     • 300 ships
       • The fleet was divided
         • Africa
         • ?
         • It would be his last trip
           • In 1449 the Mongols arrived China, coming to kidnap the Emperor

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