There are a hundred thousand faces behind the stern
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Seven times in 1405 - 1433 made expeditions to the southern seas of Chinese navigas. They went through two ocean and almost in a century to Vasco da Gama opened the eastern coast of Africa. Their giant - up to 140 meters in length - ships accommodate up to a thousand passengers and crew members, and only in first swimming was about 28 thousand people participated. He led all family expeditions Flotodets Zheng He, who began his career from court eunuch. But this did not prevent him from entering the history of mankind one of the most prominent navigators. The result of Zheng Hay"s overseas swimming pools was the works of his associates Ma Huan and Fay Blue, who for many years ahead of European geographic science. And not Wine Zheng He that in the following years China chose self-isolation - it was forbidden to build ships for ocean swimming, and information about heroic travels tried to pull out from Chinese chronicle.
About Jen He, his expedition and how his name managed to extract from non-existence, tells the book of the scientist and writer Yakov Light
About Jen He, his expedition and how his name managed to extract from non-existence, tells the book of the scientist and writer Yakov Light
Author:
Author:Light Ja.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Science & Math
Series:
Series: History. Geography. Ethnography
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-91678-102-1
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