Summary:
So in effect, the fleet that had made these journeys became a ghost fleet and Zheng He himself vanished from public records. Would you say that if the great voyages had continued after Zheng He’s death, the world as we know it today would have been very different? Why do you call it a ‘ghost fleet’? Your lecture is titled ‘The Lone Mariner and his Ghost Fleet’. Zheng He conducted seven voyages for his Ming emperor, Yongle..