
Zheng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleet
The Explorers Podcast
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The Legend of Zhong Ha the Explorer
Zhong Ha led his fleet into the unknown on many occasions, and for that he deserves an enormous amount of credit. The sources from this area are very obscure, so I have no doubt you can find things to contradict much of what I said in this podcast. There is one other theory that I do want to put the kabash on: A book titled 1421 The Year China Discovered America. It purports to show that the Chinese reached the western coast of North America in 1421. Ultimately, it would have been cool if Jung Ha had sailed the treasure fleet to America, but that's another alternative history book for someone else to write.
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