Directory of Zheng He Resources

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Websites relating to Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho), who took Chinese fleets to the Indian Ocean, and possibly across the Pacific, in the early 15th Century.

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• Chinese Explorer May Redraw Map of History

  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-03/06/content_304219.htm
  A report from Xinhuanet concerning the proposal that Chinese explorers found America 72 years before Christopher Columbus.

• Experts Hope to Emulate Chinese Columbus

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2349929.stm
  From the BBC, Chinese are hoping to emulate an oriental eunuch, who they believe, discovered America 71 years before Columbus.

• Explorer from China who 'beat Columbus to America'

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1386655/Explorer-from-China-who-beat-Columbus-to-America.html
  An article in the Telegraph announcing a lecture by an amateur historian expounding his theory that when Columbus discovered America in 1492, he was 72 years too late.

• International Zheng He Society

  http://www.chengho.org/
  Singapore-based organization devoted to the study of Zheng He. Includes downloads, membership information, event overview, Zheng-related news, and related links.

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