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Zheng He
Zheng He
Historical Figure
Nationality: China
Year of Birth: 1371
Year of Death: 1433
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Religion: Islam
Occupation: Sailor, Explorer
Fictional Appearances:
In High Places
POD: 1348
Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference

Zheng He (1371–1433), was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean."

Zheng He in In High Places

In an alternate where 80% of the European population was killed during the Great Black Deaths, Zheng He still made his explorations. However, while China was the richest and most powerful country of that alternate, it never filled the void of exploration and technological development that the crippled Europe left, much to the puzzlement of Crosstimers.[1]

References

  1. In High Places, pg. 33, PB.
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