The Admiral Zheng

http://www.washingtonpost.com AR20100226018 February 26th (Associated Press) … according to sources in Beijing, China and Kenya are to corroborate in looking for Chinese ship wrecks from the Ming dynasty fleet of the Admiral Zheng. He is known to have reached Malindi in 1418 and Zheng made seven voyages between 1405 and 1433 in order to promote trade. They consisted of huge armadas of junks carrying highly prized Ming pottery as an example, and thousands of sailors – quite a few of which never returned home to China.