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| | Zheng He - Ummah.com |
 | | Zheng He organized each expedition on an enormous scale. | | | There included "lion, gold-spotted leopards, and camel-birds (ostriches), which are six or seven feet tall." The most exciting thing that Zheng He ever brought back to the emperors count was a giraffe. | | | Seven times, Zheng He's ships set sail for unknown lands. |
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http://www.ummah.net/forum/showthread.php?t=29932
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| | Zheng He, the Chinese Muslim Admiral |
| | Zheng He's flag "treasure ship" was four hundred feet long - much larger than Columbus's. | | | Zheng He died in the tenth year of the reign of the Ming emperor Xuande (1433) and was buried in the southern outskirts of Bull's Head Hill (Niushou) in Nanjing. | | | Ma was thus awarded the supreme command of the Imperial Household Agency and was given the surname Zheng. |
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http://www.islamfortoday.com/zhenghe.htm
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| | Saudi Aramco World : The Admiral: Zheng He |
| | In China itself, the thousands of tons of pepper brought back by Zheng He’s treasure ships were used for years as currency, particularly to pay the army, in lieu of the traditional silk. | | | In 1432, Zheng He detached two ships to Aden, but political tensions in Yemen forced them north to Jiddah, where they offloaded silk, porcelain, musk and other goods. | | | Zheng He’s latter four expeditions were recorded by a Muslim Chinese named Ma Huan, who was attached as a translator to the fourth armada, which sailed in 1413 with 63 ships and 28,560 men. |
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http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.admiral.zheng.he.htm
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| | UCLA International Institute :: Zheng He's Voyages of Discovery |
| | Furthermore, there is quite a debate about what kind of ships Zheng He really had: the shape, etc." This first ship will thus not be a replica, but will incorporate features of Zheng He's ships about which there is reasonable certainty. | | | As knowledge expands, more ships will be built, each iteration being closer to the ships that Zheng He sailed. | | | Check out an animated reconstruction of Zheng He's treasure ship, from the TV series Nova, (external link). |
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http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=10387
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| | Singapore Celebrates Zheng He - China History Forum, online chinese history forum |
| | The centrepiece of the exhibition will be the model of Zheng He's Baochuang or treasure ship researched and recreated by the Friends of Admiral Zheng He Society in collaboration with the academics and marine experts from China and Singapore. | | | Fom the hustle and bustle of the Zheng He Festive Village to the scholarly discussions of the 3rd International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas or the controversial 1421 Exhibit on Zheng He's discovery of the World, there is something for everyone, be it the casual visitor or for the more serious academic. | | | Zheng He is a historical figure during Ming dynasty and not 3 kingdom period. |
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http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=5069
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| | Zheng He's treasure ships used technology that would not be used in Europe for hundreds of years, and were economically much better off than the Europeans. | | | [The Ming Dynasty's end to exploration was an] Asian push that simply stopped not for want of ships or know-how, but strictly for want of national will
How different would history have been had Zheng He continued on to America? | | | Zheng He was then described as tall and handsome with long earlobes, fierce eyes and skin "rough like the surface of an orange." In fact, he was told to be seven feet tall and six feet wide! |
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http://www.lakesideschool.org/studentweb/worldhistory/GlobalContactse/ZhengHe.htm
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| | Competition for Columbus? New Pan Asian Book Introduces Explorer Zheng He to Children |
| | Zheng He’s fleet included 28,000 sailors on 300 ships, the longest of which were 400 feet long (a marked comparison with Columbus who, in 1492, had 90 sailors on three ships, the largest of which was 85 feet). | | | To commemorate the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's first voyage this Fall, China is building a replica ship and hopes to use it to retrace the original journeys. | | | Even today, few children know this amazing story, but The Great Voyages of Zheng He will introduce them to a fascinating historical figure who is once again being recognized as hero in his own country and a significant figure in world history. |
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/9/prweb288467.htm
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| | Zheng He - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Early 17th century Chinese woodblock print, thought to represent Zheng He's ships. | | | Zheng sailed to Malacca in the 15th century. | | | Zheng was born in 1371 of the Hui ethnic group and the Muslim faith. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He
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| | ZHENG Genealogy and Family History Research |
| | No ZHENG Surname in our Ship List Databases | | | No ZHENG web sites indexed on this server | | | ZHENG search results at Ancestry.com - Automatic search through more than 1.5 billion records of all kinds |
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http://www.distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=ZHENG
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| | StudyWorks! Online : 1405–1433 AD – Zheng Ho |
| | 1405–1433 AD – Zheng Ho During the Ming dynasty, admiral Zheng Ho led more than 60 Chinese ships, (called junks), on four expeditions which sailed to the Philippines, Timor, India and around the west coast of Australia. | | | Online : 1405–1433 AD – Zheng Ho 1405–1433 AD – Zheng Ho Algebra Explorations | | | His fleets traveled the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope, and up the east coast of Africa, stopping in Zanzibar, Kenya and Somalia and continued on to the Red Sea and the Bay of Bengal. |
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http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/content/article/0,,EXP118_NAV2-5_SAR108,00.shtml
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| | Zheng He (Cheng Ho) |
| | Today, Cheng Ho is technically called “Zheng He”. | | | The most recent version of this biography has been moved to Cheng Ho, as Zheng He is known in China. | | | Zheng He (as modern western historians call him) was born in 1371 A.D in the town of Kunyang in the provence of Yunan. |
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http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b3zhenghe.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Science/Nature Experts hope to emulate Chinese Columbus |
| | Mr Menzies said that although Zheng He himself turned back when they got to Sumatra, he could still lay credit to the exploits of his admirals who he had trained and whose ships he had designed. | | | In 1421 Zheng He's fleet of four might junks set sail from Nanjing, a port on the Yangtze river and the then capital of the Chinese Empire. | | | Zheng He's fleet gradually split up but Mr Menzies said there was incontrovertible evidence that three of the four ships went to Arabia, the Cape of Good Hope, the Caribbean, South America, the South Pacific, Australia and then the west coast of North America. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2349929.stm
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| | IOL: China showcases nautical hero Zheng He |
| | By comparison, maritime historians have marvelled at how the three ships that Columbus navigated to America could all have fit snuggly on deck of Zheng's command ship, his nine-mast treasure boat. | | | Zheng's fleet was made up of many types of boats of differing sizes. | | | "Zheng's voyages were the result of the will of the Yongle emperor to explore the high seas, but as soon as the emperor died, exploration of the sea ended in a rather dramatic way," Feng Xiangxiang, a curator at the Jinghai Temple said. |
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http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=qw1131266526386C523
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| | Zheng He, - China History Forum, online chinese history forum |
| | Books and television shows, replicas of Zheng He's ships and a new $50 million museum in Nanjing promote Zheng He as a maritime cultural ambassador for a powerful but ardently peaceful nation. | | | He rewarded Zheng He, his co-conspirator, with command of the greatest naval expedition that world had ever seen. | | | The three ships Columbus guided across the Atlantic 87 years later, the Niña, Pinta and Santa María, could fit inside a single large vessel in Zheng He's armada, which at its peak had up to 300 ships and 30,000 sailors. |
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http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=5815
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| | Ming Dynasty:Zheng He and his Voyages |
| | On each of his 8 voyages, Zheng He kept a detailed logbook and made many nautical charts which were later collected in what was called Zheng He's Nautical Charts, which was the first of its kind in the world. | | | Emperor Cheng Zu was very pleased with Zheng He's extraordinary feats as an envoy in making visits to various foreign countries. | | | In 1419 when Zheng He was sailing back on his fifth voyage, 17 countries sent their envoys to China, including Philippines and Malaysia. |
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http://www.chinavoc.com/history/ming/zh.htm
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| | It's official: Admiral Zheng beat Cook to Australia - theage.com.au |
| | He says they could only have been based on eyewitness reports of Zheng's journeys between 1421 and 1423, which he says predate those of other adventurers. | | | Admiral Zheng may be virtually unknown in the West, but in China he has been the subject of intense academic scrutiny for centuries. | | | Not long after Zheng's fleet set sail, his great supporter, the Emperor Zhu Di, was overthrown by his son Zhu Gaozhi, who reversed his father's expansionist program and, on return of the fleet, ordered that no more voyages be undertaken. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/24/1037697982893.html
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| | Menzies indicates that he has found sunken ships of Zheng He’s fleet in the Carribeans, but he refuses to disclose the location until he publishes his book. | | | Zheng He (1371-1435 AD), an eunuch in Ming dynasty, built a total of 1622 ships and made at least 7 major excursions between 1405 AD and 1430 AD, reaching Somalia and probably Europe (France, Holland and Portugal). | | | However, evidence has shown that Zheng He's armada beat Columbus by 70 years, In addition, there is some evidence that the early native Americans may have some cultural relationship with Chinese Shang dynasty. |
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http://www.asiawind.com/hakka/zheng_he.htm
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| | Zheng He Ship |
| | AncientWorlds > The Orient > Qin > Home > Zheng He Ship | | | You can visit all the places that reference this image by clicking on the links below. |
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| | NameTraq Last Name: Zheng |
| | The gallery was built in memory of Admiral Cheng Ho, also known as Zheng He, who set out on his expedition from China to Malacca in 1405. | | | Zheng Banqiao, one of the thousands who joined the car-owning group during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in spring, used to be in a family of... | | | Zheng Zhongwei, president of the Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Chengdu, said the key to solving early irresponsible sexual activity is better sex... |
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http://nametraq.org/Jan04/XYZ/Zheng.shtml
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| | Zheng He's armada was the largest the world would know for 500 years. | | | Zheng He A comparison between Columbus's and Zheng He's vessels. | | | By comparison, Columbus's largest ship measured 85 feet. |
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http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/d/g/dga11/zhenghe_treasure_ship.html
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| | Zheng He on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Zheng He's Voyages: The treasure fleet's crew members were assiduous if sometimes misguided observers of foreign lands. | | | made in 1418, a date that coincides with Zheng He's voyages, which spanned from 1405-1432 | | | Out To Sea With The Great Ships: The crew of Zheng He's imperial fleet faced violent storms, illness and uncertain welcomes. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-Z1hengH1e.asp
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| | International Zheng He Society |
| | President, Friends of Admiral Zheng He Director, Zheng He Pte Ltd. | | | According to the Media released on 15 April 2004, Singapore is planning a slew of activities to be held next year to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the legendary, Admiral Zheng He. | | | The Zheng He festival—the public can look forward to the Zheng He Festival, a one-to two-week carnival |
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http://www.chengho.org/news/news003.htm
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| | Beijing Media Top Stories: Zheng He and China's pride- Danwei |
| | The most popular contents about Zheng He for newspapers and magazines are: | | | Zheng He made the first long-distance seafaring, 87 years earlier than his foreign explorer peer Columbus's bold attempt to reach for America; | | | "Zheng He's voyages greatly facilitated cultural, economic and trade exchanges across the globe, helped establish friendly ties and contributed to the world's navigation cause," Vice Premier Huang Ju praised Zheng's contribution to the world seafaring in the congregation. |
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| | DBLP: Zheng He |
| | DBLP: Zheng He Zheng He List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server - FAQ | | | Xiaohong Li, Xinfei Wang, Yong Kang, Zheng He: Artificial Neural Network for Prediction of Rockburst in Deep-Buried Long Tunnel. | | | Zheng He, Koichi Harada: Balance Algorithm for Point-Feature Label Placement Problem. |
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http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/h/He:Zheng.html
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| | Move over Columbus, Admiral Zheng He is here |
| | Zheng and Company plied the seas in great treasure ships over 300-feet long and 150-feet wide, the biggest being 440-feet long and 186-across, capable of carrying 1,000 passengers. | | | Zheng who stood 8 feet tall loomed large in life. | | | A Chinese-government backed crew is already in Warmambool, Australia looking for the wreck of one of Zheng’s ships. |
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http://www.torontofreepress.com/2005/cover031105.htm
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| | NPR : Chinese Columbus : Alphonse Vinh |
| | Menzies has backing to build a replica of Zheng's flagship junk. | | | In the seven major expeditions Admiral Zheng made over three decades, he built a total of 1,622 ships. | | | The heart-broken Zheng was appointed garrison commander in Nanjing, and given the sad task of disbanding his sailors and soldiers. |
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http://www.npr.org/programs/musings/2002/nov/columbus.html
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| | ADMIRAL ZHENG HE AND PRE |
| | It is believed that in 1413 the Ming's f leet was put in for a month at Semarang for ship repairs, and during this period Admiral Zheng He and his officers came very often to the Hanafite Chinese mosque in Semarang, which was probably built in 1411. | | | Zheng He brought roof tiles from China to Malaka in 1409 for the royal palace’s roof, and the tiles were used after 1424. | | | Zheng He (or Ma He) was born as a second son of a Muslim family in Kunyang, central Yunnan in southern China. |
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http://www.geocities.com/johannes_widodo/zhenghe.htm
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| | Encyclopedia: Cheng |
| | Zheng (Hanyu Pinyin) (&;) or Cheng (Wade-Giles) is a Chinese surname. | | | In the pinyin system of romanization (usually used in mainland China), Cheng will usually represent the surname 程 (pinyin Chéng). | | | Since the syllable Cheng represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade-Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity will exist as to what character is represented by the letters "Cheng". |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Cheng
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| | TIMEasia.com: Asian Journey 2001 |
| | Zheng He had hundreds of ships in his treasure fleet, but the largest were technological masterpieces | | | Zheng He supervised the building of the fleet of "treasure ships," which assembled before embarking at the port of Liujia in Taicang, a coastal town 40 km from Shanghai. | | | As for the ports that launched Zheng He's fleets, they are long gone, destroyed by five centuries of tumult and neglect. |
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