During the seven voyages, the Sanbao eunuch Zheng He led the fleet from Nanjing, assembled at Liujiagang in Taicang, Jiangsu, and stopped at Taiping Port in Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian to wait for the wind to open up the ocean[2][3]. He sailed to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean and visited 3 More than 0 countries and regions, including Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahang, Chenla, Kuri, Siam, Punggala, Adang, Tianfang, Zofar, Khrumos, Mugudushu and other places, are known to reach as far as East Africa and the Red Sea. [4]
Zheng He's voyages to the West were the largest and longest maritime voyage in ancient China, with the largest number of ships and sailors, and the longest voyage. It was also the largest series of maritime expeditions in world history before the voyage of European geographical discovery at the end of the 15th century.