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Development has begun on Zheng He Fantasy Adventure, a new series inspired by the voyages of the 15th-century Chinese explorer Zheng He from mm2 Entertainment and Sparky Animation.
"The map tells us that [mariner] Zheng He discovered the world." The map is dated to 1763 but is also clearly marked that it is a copy of a map made in 1418.
As for Menzies' theory that Zheng He's 1418 world map enabled Columbus and Magellan to reach the New World, Ge believes that including certain places on the map did not necessarily prove that ...
Controversial historian Gavin Menzies is claiming that this map from 1418 proves that the New World was discovered by China’s Admiral Zheng He some 70 years before Columbus. But that’s not the ...
Zheng He’s Map. It seems everyone ... Purchased from a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by Liu Gang for a mere $500, the map shows the ...
Mr Wang also claims that Zheng He's navigation maps were drawn in a totally different Chinese map-making tradition. “Until the 1418 map is scientifically authenticated, we still have to take it ...
A complex, multi-talented character, Zheng He rose from slave to top naval commander, diplomat, and world explorer. Background Born into a Chinese Muslim family in Yunnan, Zheng He's birth name ...
The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) legendary navigator and diplomat Zheng He's voyages, jointly nominated by China and Sri Lanka, has been officially ...
The legacy of Malacca’s colonisation by European powers is evident in the Malaysian city’s old town, but look closer and you find evidence of Chinese explorer Zheng He’s influence.