
Zheng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleet
The Explorers Podcast
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Zhudi's Sixth Treasure Voyage
In November of 1421, Zhongha would be ordered on a sixth voyage to return the many foreign dignitaries that were still in China. But if there was hope for any new ventures, they would be quelled by the growing wars the empire was involved in. Behind the wars, with the financial drain caused by the move of the government from Nanjing to Beijing, the nation's economic outlook was strained. The treasure fleet was therefore put into mothballs and those that existed were not to sail anywhere or be repaired.
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