# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zheng-he
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:51:40.148Z

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name: "Zheng He"
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description: "He commanded the largest wooden armada the world had ever seen, carrying hundreds of sailors across the Indian Ocean decades before European explorers left their coastlines — then China turned inward and let the memory fade."
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birthDate: "1371"
deathDate: "1433"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Ma He into a Muslim family in 1371, he was taken as a eunuch into imperial service and became a trusted ally of the Yongle Emperor, helping him seize the throne in 1402. Renamed Zheng He, he rose to command the southern capital at Nanjing and was given an extraordinary commission: between 1405 and 1433, he led seven treasure voyages across Asia under two emperors, projecting Ming military power into the Indian Ocean and anchoring state-controlled trade networks that stretched from China to the Swahili coast of Africa. His largest ships, according to legend, were almost twice as long as any wooden vessel ever recorded, carrying hundreds of sailors on four decks. He died sometime between 1433 and 1435, regarded as the greatest admiral in Chinese history.