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The 14 pages that link to Zheng He, each with the reason it gives.

• Ming dynastyBroader topic: His fleet carried imperial envoys, gifts, and authority to ports across the Indian Ocean.

• Indian Ocean tradeRelated: His fleets exemplify the scale of diplomatic and commercial contact in the fifteenth century.

• Christopher ColumbusCompared with: His voyages offer a different model of long-distance exploration before Columbus's Atlantic crossings.

• Indian OceanRelated: His fleets carried diplomacy and trade from China to ports around the basin.

• Maritime Silk RoadBroader topic: His fleets visited many ports along the route during the early fifteenth century.

• FujianRelated: His expeditions drew on the maritime networks associated with Fujian’s coastal world.

• Yongle EmperorRelated: Yongle commissioned the voyages that made Zheng He a leading figure in Ming diplomacy.

• Chinese diaspora in Southeast AsiaRelated: His voyages illustrate the diplomatic and commercial links between China and Southeast Asian ports.

• Islam in ChinaRelated: His Muslim background illustrates the presence of Muslims at the Ming court and in maritime China.

• Ming treasure voyagesRelated: He commanded the voyages and represented the emperor in foreign courts.

• Ming dynasty militaryRelated: His fleets show the scale of Ming naval power at its early height.

• Maritime historyBroader topic: His voyages reveal the scale and political purposes of early fifteenth-century Chinese sea power.

• Xuande EmperorRelated: His final voyage took place during Xuande’s reign.

• Parameswara of MalaccaRelated: His voyages formed part of the diplomatic setting in which early Malacca sought Ming recognition.