Trumpeter 01202 60cm Chinese Cheng-Ho Sailing Ship

Zheng-He (transcribed in English: Cheng-Ho) was a distinguished Chinese Muslim admiral, living at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. In the years 1405-1433 he made several large-scale sea expeditions heading for the waters of Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. It is assumed that the units under his command even reached the city of Mogadishu in East Africa! The largest units in Admiral Zheng-He's successive squadrons were those called baochuan in China. Based on archaeological data, it is assumed that units of this type could measure up to 60 or 120 m, with a width of several to 40 meters. However, the exact dimensions of these ships are still only approximate and approximate. However, it is quite unanimously assumed that they had 5 to 6 masts, and their displacement was about 2,000 tons. During the expeditions, adm. The Zheng-He baochuan units transported the main food and drinking water supplies, the most valuable goods and - arguably - the most important commanders. It is worth adding that baochuanas were described in the account of the Italian traveler Marco Polo.