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| alternate_history:zheng_he [2014/07/25 12:29] – Petike | alternate_history:zheng_he [2018/07/02 10:34] – [Zheng He] petike |
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| * All attempts to reconstruct Zheng He's treasure ships have suggested that the size may have been exaggerated, as they tend to collapse under the sea pressure. Only one-quarter-scale models have been successfully built. This has led to a running joke that 'the Chinese invented Stardestroyer.net', as there are similar size controversies on that site about the Star Destroyers in Star Wars. | * All attempts to reconstruct Zheng He's treasure ships have suggested that the size may have been exaggerated, as they tend to collapse under the sea pressure. Only one-quarter-scale models have been successfully built. This has led to a running joke that 'the Chinese invented Stardestroyer.net', as there are similar size controversies on that site about the Star Destroyers in Star Wars. |
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| * Some historians claim that Zheng He discovered [[offtopic:California]] in 1435. However, if this is so, he then evidently decided to turn around and forget about it. Understandable if you've ever been to LA. He did like the Chinese food though. | * Some bold pseudohistory peddlers (Gavin Menzies, cough) claim that Zheng He discovered [[offtopic:California]] in 1435. However, if this is so, he then evidently decided to turn around and forget about it. Understandable if you've ever been to LA. He did like the Chinese food though. |
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| * According to [[offtopic:Hendryk]], if Zheng He was [[ISOT]]ed to nowadays, he would be banged up in Guantanamo Bay for being a Muslim working for the Chinese government, who had visited Islamic ports across the Indian Ocean, and attempting to map the American coast. Clearly highly suspicious. | * According to [[offtopic:Hendryk]], if Zheng He was [[ISOT|ISOTed]] to nowadays, he would be banged up in Guantanamo Bay for being a Muslim working for the Chinese government, who had visited Islamic ports across the Indian Ocean, and attempting to map the American coast. Clearly highly suspicious. |
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| | * Ming dynasty China had no interest in European-style overseas colonialism, so the idea of Zheng He or even the emperor at the time just itching to discover a new landmass and start sending eager colonists there goes completely against Chinese politics of that era. |
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