40,000 Miles, A Century Early: The Seven Treasure Voyages of Zheng He | Odd Salon EXPLORE 3/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 07/09/2018

How far can one go in life? From a wartime captive and eunuch to the Admiral of a fleet of ships so large it required the resources of an entire large country to build, Zheng He went very far indeed.

On just one of his seven massive treasure journeys, Zheng He sailed from China all the way to Africa, battled with pirates, forged alliances for China that lasted decades after his time, and brought back prizes so exotic that no one in his homeland had even dreamed of them before. Imagine bearing witness to the first giraffe that ever reached the shores of China!

Matt Mills ~ 40,000 Miles, A Century Early: The Seven Treasure Voyages of Zheng He

Odd Salon EXPLORE: Stories of investigators and travelers, of restless adventurers and inquisitive minds on the threshold of discovery.

Recorded live 9/4/2018 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Casey Selden
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen
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