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#217 - Ming 10: I'm On A Boat!
The Yongle Emperor decides it's time for Great Ming to bust out its swim trunks and its flippy-floppies... because he's going to make the biggest, bestest oceanic fleet of awesomesauce that the world has ever seen! And put in command is his trusted, tried-and-true battle-buddy: the Grand Admiral Zheng He!
Time Period Covered:
1371-1405 CE
Significant Historical Figures:
The Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di) [r. 1402-1424]
Grand Admiral Zheng He (né Ma He) [1371-1433]
Tianfei, the Goddess of the Sea and Patron Protector of Sailors [eternal]
Sources Cited:
Chan, Hok-lam. “The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-xi, Hsüan-te Reigns” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
Levathes, Louise. The China Ruled the Seas:The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433.
Paterson, Erik T. “James Lind, Zheng He and the Prevention of Scurvy” in The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 4.
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The Yongle Emperor decides it's time for Great Ming to bust out its swim trunks and its flippy-floppies... because he's going to make the biggest, bestest oceanic fleet of awesomesauce that the world has ever seen! And put in command is his trusted, tried-and-true battle-buddy: the Grand Admiral Zheng He!
Time Period Covered:
1371-1405 CE
Significant Historical Figures:
The Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di) [r. 1402-1424]
Grand Admiral Zheng He (né Ma He) [1371-1433]
Tianfei, the Goddess of the Sea and Patron Protector of Sailors [eternal]
Sources Cited:
Chan, Hok-lam. “The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-xi, Hsüan-te Reigns” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
Levathes, Louise. The China Ruled the Seas:The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433.
Paterson, Erik T. “James Lind, Zheng He and the Prevention of Scurvy” in The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 4.
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