Ming treasure fleet

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Chinese maritime expedition historical event naval fleet

The Ming treasure fleet was a vast armada of Chinese ships that undertook major diplomatic and trade voyages across the Indian Ocean during the early 15th century, showcasing the power and maritime capabilities of the Ming dynasty.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ming navy 1
Ming treasure voyages 1
Zheng He’s expeditions 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese maritime expedition ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
naval fleet ⓘ
broughtBack exotic animals ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
spices ⓘ
commander Hong Bao NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wang Jinghong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zheng He NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact symbol of early Chinese blue-water naval capability ⓘ
diplomaticOutcome expansion of Ming tributary system ⓘ
dissolutionReason policy shift toward isolation and land defense in later Ming ⓘ
endTime 1433 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfPersonnel tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfShips over 200 ships on some voyages ⓘ
flagshipType treasure ship ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest state-sponsored maritime expeditions of the 15th century ⓘ
inception early 15th century ⓘ
languageOfCrew Chinese ⓘ
location Arabian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
South China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strait of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent transport of a giraffe from East Africa to the Ming court ⓘ
notableVoyage first voyage of Zheng He (1405–1407) NERFINISHED ⓘ
seventh voyage of Zheng He (1431–1433) NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ming maritime expeditions ⓘ
politicalContext Yongle Emperor usurpation consolidation ⓘ
portOfCall Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calicut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hormuz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mogadishu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palembang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quilon NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose diplomacy ⓘ
establishing tributary relations ⓘ
projection of power ⓘ
trade ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
religionOfKeyCommander Islam (Zheng He) ⓘ
sponsor Xuande Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1405 ⓘ
tradeGoodsCarried copper coins ⓘ
porcelain ⓘ
silk ⓘ
tea ⓘ
uses horse transport ship ⓘ
patrol boat ⓘ
supply ship ⓘ
treasure ship ⓘ
warship ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zheng He → commanded → Ming treasure fleet ⓘ
Chinese fishing nets → possibleIntroducedBy → Ming treasure fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zheng He’s expeditions
Sanbao → militaryBranch → Ming treasure fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ming navy
Sanbao → notableWork → Ming treasure fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ming treasure voyages
Ming emperors → notableEvent → Ming treasure fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: voyages of Zheng He