Advanced Navigation Civilization
Famous navigators and their voyages Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Zheng He
Advanced Navigation Civilization
Note Vasco da Gama: 瓦斯科·达·伽马 (1460-1524)，葡萄牙航海家，首辟
由欧洲绕非洲好望角到印度的航道（1497-1499），使葡萄牙得以在印度 洋上建立霸权，1524年出任葡属印度总督。
Advanced Navigation Civilization
Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish fleet claimed the first round-the-world navigation in 1522.
the India Ocean, many countries of Asia and Africa…
Introduction
Commander: Zheng He (1371-1433) • An important official in the court of Emperor
Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. • Born to a Muslim family, also believed in
Note Zheng He: 郑和(1371-1433)
云南昆阳（今云南晋宁）人，1405-1433年， 奉明廷之命率领船队七次出使亚非30多个国家 和地区，是中国航海史和外交史上的重大事件
Advanced Navigation Civilization
Zheng He’s ships
Zheng He’s ships were constructed with advanced technology and craft.
Christopher Columbus came upon the continent of the Americas in 1492 by traveling across the Pacific with his Spanish fleet.
Note Christopher Columbus: 克里斯托弗·哥伦布 (1451-1506)
Note and Magellan:
费迪南·麦哲伦 (1480-1521) 葡萄牙航海家，1519年率西班牙船队 作首次环球航行，1520年发现了以他 的名字命名的麦哲伦海峡，到达菲律 宾群岛后被当地人杀害。
Advanced Navigation Civilization
Zheng He’s voyages took place much earlier and on a much larger scale. Zheng He’s fleets were unparalleled during his time in terms of size, navigation technology, organization and amenities (便利设施).
A large-size ship in the fleet was 150 meters long, 60 meters wide and 12 meters deep.
意大利航海家，在1492年到1502年间在西班牙的资助下四次横渡大西洋， 到达美洲大陆，也因此成为了名垂青史的航海家。
Advanced Navigation Civilization
The Portuguese fleet of Vasco da Gama passed around Africa’s Cape of Hope and across the Indian Ocean, to arrive at Calicut on the west coast of India in 1498.
Buddhism and Mazu. • Intelligent and knowledgeable about navigation. • Direct all seven adventurous missions.
Introduction
Zheng He’s seven voyages
First
Introduction Advanced Navigation Civilization Spreading Peace
Introduction
The first voyage: The greatest fleet with the largest crews the world had ever seen.
• Time: 1405.7.11 • Scale: 208 ships; more than 27,500 people • Cargoes: porcelain, silk, tea, other treasures… • Scope: the South China Sea, the strait of Malacca,
Second Third Fourth Fifth
Sixth Seventh
voyage voyage voyage voyage voyage voyage voyage
1405.07.11 1407.10.13 1409.10 1413.11 1417.06 1421.03.03 1431.01 永乐三年 永乐五年 永乐七年 永乐十一年 永乐十五年 永乐十九年 宣德五年
Unit 9 Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Seas
Content
Lead-in Text study Exercises
Lead-in
Painting: Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas
Text study