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The Voyages of Zheng He
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Zheng He, born Cheng Ho, was born in modern day Yunnan Province. He had seven voyages, and they helped chart new territory. He went on these voyages to trade goods such as silk, porcelain, and animals. He traveled in enormous, six masted ships that could hold 28,000 crewmen. He usually achieved his goals through diplomacy, and would-be enemies were awed into submission by the massive army he controlled.
Voyage 1: 1405-1407 Champa, Java, Palembang, Malacca, Aru, Sumatra, Lambri, Ceylon, Kollam, Cochin, Calicut Voyage 2: 1407-1409 Champa, Java, Siam, Cochin, Ceylon Voyage 3: 1409-1411 Champa, Java, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Quilon, Cochin, Calicut, Siam, Lambri, Kaya, Coimbatore, Puttanpur Voyage 4: 1413-1415 Champa, Java, Palembang, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Cochin, Calicut, Kayal, Pahang, Kelantan, Aru, Lambri, Hormuz, Maldives, Mogadishu, Brawa, Malindi, Aden, Muscat, Dhufar Voyage 5: 1416-1419 Champa, Pahang, Java, Malacca, Sumatra, Lambri, Ceylon, Sharwayn, Cochin, Calicut, Hormuz, Maldives, Mogadishu, Brawa, Malindi, Aden Voyage 6: 1421-1422 Hormuz, East Africa, countries of the Arabian Peninsula Voyage 7: 1430-1433 Champa, Java, Palembang, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Calicut, Hormuz... (17 states in total)
