Zheng He

Also known as Ma He, Cheng Ho, Sanbao, Sanbao Taijian

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

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Zheng He was a Chinese explorer and diplomat who sailed vast distances across the Indian Ocean in the early 1400s, leading massive expeditions that demonstrated China's maritime power and naval technology. His voyages are significant because they showed that China was capable of extensive global exploration centuries before European maritime expansion, though the expeditions were eventually abandoned.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1371 births, 1430s deaths and 14th-century Chinese people.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Ma
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ming dynasty
Place of birth: Kunming
Place of death: Nanjing
Occupation: traveler
Employer: Xuande Emperor
Languages spoken: Chinese
Religion: Islam
Notable work: Treasure Voyages
Military rank: admiral of the fleet
Image: Zheng He.jpg
Work location: Indian Ocean

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Commons category: Zheng He
date of death: 1435-00-00
date of birth: 1371-00-00
birth name: Ma He
commander of (DEPRECATED): Treasure Voyages
described by source: History of Ming
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic's main category: Category:Zheng He
start of work period: 1405-00-00
relative: Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar
name in native language: 鄭和
ethnic group: Hui people
subject has role: eunuch

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Encyclopedic overview

Birth name Traditional Chinese馬和 Simplified Chinese马和

Zheng He (Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese explorer, admiral, diplomat, and eunuch from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history. Born into a Muslim family as Ma He, he later adopted the surname Zheng conferred onto him by the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424).

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