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Ancient Shipyard Used By Great Navigator Zheng He Found Beneath Construction Site
MessageToEagle.com – Zheng He (1371-1435) also known as Cheng Ho was one of China’s greatest navigators.
Experts estimate that a construction site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, where hundreds of shipbuilding tools have been unearthed, contains the remains of a shipyard that built vessels for Zheng He.
Last year, many iron anchors, rudders and shoes made from palm fibers were dug up at Yongning Street in the city’s at Yongning Street.
In the 15th century, Zheng He, seen here with one of his massive ships in a painting at a temple shrine in Malaysia, led seven enormous seafaring expeditions. Photo credit: © Chris Hellier/Corbis
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According to Wang Shiqing, a relics collector in Nanjing, a ship’s rudder plate had been found at the site.
