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    How far did the Chinese explorer Zheng He travel?

    Question #97469. Asked by author. (Jul 12 08 7:59 AM)


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    		The traditional view is that he went as far as to Iran. The latest view, advanced by Gavin Menzies, suggested Zheng's fleet has travelled every part of the world. However, virtually every authority in the field denounces Menzies' claims as baseless.

    Chinese records assert that Zheng He's fleet sailed as far as East Africa. However, the amateur historian Gavin Menzies has controversially argued that the fleet went on to reach the New World, landing on islands off the Florida coast more than half a century before Christopher Columbus.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

    Jul 12 08, 8:02 AM

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