Tarierishin Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) here a model of a so-called treasure ships. Zheng He came from the Chinese province of Yunnan, was born in 1371, his name was originally Ma He. He was castrated as a child of twelve, and came into the service of the Ming prince and future Emperor Zhu Di.Zhu Di recognized the talent of Zheng He and asked him a fleet available with which this was to sail around the world and bring him wealth, power and above all trading partners.In the period of 1404 and 1433 Zheng He is repeatedly broken up with a fleet that has unparalleled wanted in their time. The largest ships were up to 135 meters long, 50 meters wide and had nine masts. Columbus' ship was five times smaller than these massive nine-masters of the Chinese navigator Zheng He. And that these were not so easy to navigate, you can certainly imagine you.Zheng He comes to East Africa, from where he brought his emperor even a giraffe. Whether or not the animal has, however, felt well in China, we do not know. They say even that his Zheng He came to Europe and America.However, under the successors of the Emperor Zheng He was never more appreciation as before. Although he broke even on the road and came to the Red Sea, but his fame waned and he came after his death in 1433 in the Indian Calicut into oblivion.Probably Zheng He discovered many countries long before the Spaniards and Portuguese. But everyone wanted to be the first and therefore it has been silent about one of the most talented sailors long time. Edited February 19, 2015 by Tarierishinn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTMatt Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Not usually a fan of ships outside the western world but I enjoy the building shape aspect to some of the chinese ships. I think the middle ship looks awesome by the way. Edited February 19, 2015 by OTMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skogz Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I feel that Zheng He's ship would act as some sort of world boss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTiger Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I feel that Zheng He's ship would act as some sort of world boss... One which will take your Ship on his, to board you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balck Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Way off topic, BUT, given the odd hull shape of the turtle boat, is this the oddest shaped steel hull you've ever seen or what? It's the French Battleship Charles Martel. Or this one, the Carnot Edited February 19, 2015 by Balck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William the Drake Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I feel area-specific ships should wait until said areas are being coded. I.e. Junks and Wokou ships for Asian waters, Galleys for Mediterranean Sea, etc. Btw, one of the ships shown here is called a Geobukseon, or "Turtle Ship" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagann Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) The turtle ship is korean. I m not if it was also built by the chinese. Edited February 20, 2015 by Dagann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoRossolini Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Way off topic, BUT, given the odd hull shape of the turtle boat, is this the oddest shaped steel hull you've ever seen or what? It's the French Battleship Charles Martel. Or this one, the Carnot It looks like a Battleship sailed through an apartment block and the apartment block got stuck on... Are those windows gunports or just windows? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdguy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 They're windows. Remember that when ships like this were built that they had steam engines, but electric lights were not yet a common thing. If you wanted light inside your ship, then open a hatch somewhere and let sunlight in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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