Estimates of the treasure ships' size are based in literary references in texts pertaining to the first of the Ming emperors, Zhu Di (1402-1424). Zhu Di was known for grandiose projects such as ...

Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan, ruled as an intellect and a warrior to create one of the greatest empires in history. China's Ming Dynasty treasure ships realized trade networks and diplomatic ...

Zheng He's ships, as depicted in a Chinese woodblock print thought to date to the early 17 th century. Treasure junks: fact or fiction? The Ming account of the voyages that followed strains ...

Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming Dynasty — were recovered from a pair of ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea ...

He sailed with monstrous vessels called "treasure ships." These boats were supposedly ... War had broken out between parts of Java and Ming China. Zheng He was a charismatic diplomat and a skilled ...