Wayne Hale, Jr.Associate Administrator

Strategic Partnerships Office

NASA

Ming Empire

Cheng Zu’s Navy

Zheng HeCommander of the largest maritime expedition the world had ever seen: 30,000 people sailing on 300 ships. It was a fleet whose size and grandeur would not be matched until World War I.

Zheng He’s Fleet

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Voyages of Discovery

New Theory of Chinese Exploration

Chinese World Map of 1418

Prince Henry the Navigator

The Caravel

Trade

Moving Forward