Voyages of Zheng He
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Admiral Zheng He (Chinese: 鄭和/郑和 Zhèng Hé), also known in English as Cheng Ho, was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral early in China's Ming Dynasty.
UnderstandHe was born as Ma He in a Muslim family, taken prisoner as a child during the Ming conquest of Yunnan and made into a court eunuch. He later adopted the surname Zheng conferred by Emperor Yongle.
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