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UPDATED: 09:20, August 03, 2005 |
| Indonesia's Semarang commemorates Zheng He's voyages |
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A peddler sells ice tea under the Chinese lanterns during an activity to commemorate ancient Chinese navigator and peace emissary Zheng He (1371-1433) in Semarang, capital of Propinsi East Java Province in Indonesia on August 2, 2005.
Workers decorate a ship model ahead of an activity to commemorate ancient Chinese navigator and peace emissary Zheng He (1371-1433) in Semarang, capital of Propinsi East Java Province in Indonesia on August 2, 2005. Activities were held to mark the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's landing on Indonesia on Tuesday. As a trade and political emissary of the Chinese emperor, Zheng He and his 27,000-men in some 200 ships traveled more than 50,000 kilometers and visited more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa, including Indonesia, over a period of 28 years from 1405 to 1433. His voyages were 87 years earlier than Columbus, 92 years earlier than Vasco da Gama and 114 years earlier than Magellan.
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