In real life, Zheng He was a 15th-century Chinese mariner and fleet admiral. In fact, one fleet of sailing ships he commanded, the treasure fleet, was one of the first known group of ships to use ...

Even in our 21st century of supertankers and cruise ships lit like floating cities, Zheng He’s treasure fleet still inspires awe. More than 300 vessels with some 30,000 men sailed in the first ...

Zheng He undertook seven epic voyages from 1405 to 1433. He sailed with monstrous vessels called "treasure ships." These boats were supposedly the size of football fields, with multiple decks and ...

Treasure ships were the largest vessels in Zheng He’s fleet. A description of them appears in adventure novel by Luo Maodeng, The Three-Treasure Eunuch’s Travels to the Western Ocean (1597).

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 by some ...

The replica of "Zheng He Treasure Ship," which is designed to be six-masted, 71.1 meters long and 14 meters wide with a displacement of 1,800 tonnes, is scheduled to complete installation in 2012 ...

Hunt for Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He’s lost treasure ship heats up in Indian Ocean Study off coast of Sri Lanka, where massive vessel that was part of Chinese adventurer’s fleet sank 600 ...

Riker’s new ship is the USS Zheng He.The ship is named after a 15th-century Chinese explorer. In addition to being an accomplished mariner, Zheng He commanded the Ming Dynasty’s treasure ships ...

Zheng He was a 15th century Chinese diplomat and admiral who controlled a group of treasure ships known as the "Star Fleet," beating Star Trek to the name by 500 years.

Did Zheng He’s Ming era Treasure Fleet help spread rodents around the world? ... could have spread to the rest of the world while the treasure ship fleets of explorer Zheng He ruled the oceans. ...

Each of Zheng He's voyages had different needs and goals. The first expedition involved 120 ships and over 27,000 men. They traveled west and met with rulers from India, Sri Lanka, Java, and Champa.