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I was blown away by this image, comparing the ships of the Chinese Navy under Zheng He to those captained by Christopher Columbus. And to think they were built nearly 100 years before Columbus sailed the Atlantic to the New World -- absolutely amazing!!
2 comments:
you have to remember, Zeng He was over 7' tall... everything needed to be large for him. ;)
Wow, I had no idea, that is huge!! Especially for China!!
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