Two Images of Zheng He's Treasure Ship

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There is no agreement as to exactly what the treasure ships of Zheng He looked like. But, the model (above), completed in 1985, represents a consensus of scholarly opinion in China.

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Zheng He's treasure ship (four hundred feet) and Columbus's St. Maria (eighty-five feet)
 
 


Zheng He's Inscription

Perspectives

Fei Xin’s Accounts of Brava and Mogadishu
East African Oral History Account of Kilwa
Duarte Barbosa’s Account of Brava
Ibn Battuta’s Account of Mogadishu

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