HFM 059 | Explorers that Pushed the Boundaries of the Known World, Part 2: Admiral Ming Zheng He, China’s Master of the Seas (1371-1433)
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English - March 03, 2014 13:17 - 7 minutes - 3.67 MB - ★★★★ - 97 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What would have happened if China discovered America before Europe? More importantly, what would have happened if it colonized America? We can't know, but what we do know is that China discovered much of the world at the high of its naval power 600 years, a full century before Europe.
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What would have happened if China discovered America before Europe? More importantly, what would have happened if it colonized America? We can’t know, but what we do know is that China discovered much of the world at the high of its naval power 600 years, a full century before Europe.
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TRANSCRIPT