A man named Zheng He led the charge. A complex, multi-talented character, Zheng He rose from slave to top naval commander, diplomat, and world explorer. Born into a Chinese Muslim family in Yunnan ...

Admiral Zheng He's legacy is as vast as the oceans he once sailed in. This year marks the 618th anniversary of the 15th-century Chinese explorer and diplomat's historic voyages, and his legacy is ...

Spreading Chinese goods and prestige, Zheng He commanded seven voyages that established China as Asia's strongest naval power in the 1400s. At the Tay Kak Sie Chinese Taoist temple in Semarang on ...

The Chinese admiral Zheng He must have made quite the impression when the 300 ships under his command arrived at a new destination. The biggest vessels, known as “treasure ships,” were ...

Located at No. 35 Taiping Lane, Qinhuai district, Zheng He Park is the original site of the private garden of Zheng He's mansion when he was the garrison officer of Nanjing 600 years ago.

Standing seven feet tall, China's maritime giant Admiral Zheng He led the world's mightiest fleet, with 300 ships and as many as 30,000 troops under his command. Zheng He, a Muslim eunuch ...

On December 17, 2004, the newly revamped Zheng He Navigation Hall opened to tourists in Changle City of east China's Fujian Province. Changle was the stationing and anchoring base as well as the ...

Setting sail more than 600 years ago, Zheng's armada made seven epic voyages, reaching south-east Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Some say he even made it to America - several decades before ...