Thursday, December 8, 2011

Admiral Zheng He/Yang Qing

Admiral Zheng He commended the other captains to go along with him on his many journeys.  He was the one that Emperor Zhu Di initially sent on the journey.  Yang Qing and Zheng He stayed in the Indian Oceanic region while the others continued to explore.  Zheng He decided to return to China While Yang Qing remained to help Chinese astronomers discover a way to determine longitude--a problem they had for a very long time.  This attempt resulted in a success and they officially discovered it 300 years before John Harrison invented the Chronometer.  Yang Qing also successfully returned home to China and was Zheng He ended up dieing on his seventh journey around the vast oceans and seas.  His captains continued on to discover most of the world.

-Trevor S.

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