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 ...

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. His father was descended from Persians and ...

These posts suggested that Palawan was originally called Zheng He Island, named after a Chinese explorer who conducted ...

More than 6,000 people, including a Ming dynasty princess, are buried in Bukit Cina, which was established more than 600 years ago by Zheng He, the Chinese admiral, diplomat and maritime explorer.

[Reuters] Like all famous historical figures, Zheng He, the greatest navigator in Chinese history, has not escaped controversy. The size of his fleet ships and the routes his voyages took continue ...

Mexico has held the Zheng He and the 36 sailors aboard since the Luxembourg-flagged ship docked for maintenance in the southern port city of Tampico last year, arguing the owner owes some $96 million ...

And while the Ming’s exact motivations for sending explorer Zheng He abroad at the head of a vast treasure fleet remain in dispute, spices seem to have been one factor. Between 1405 and 1433, Zheng ...