aas imagine '09: wayne hale
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Wayne Hale, Jr.Associate Administrator
Strategic Partnerships Office
NASA
Ming Empire
Cheng Zu’s Navy
Zheng HeCommander of the largest maritime expedition the world had ever seen: 30,000 people sailing on 300 ships. It was a fleet whose size and grandeur would not be matched until World War I.
Zheng He’s Fleet
http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/ch2/maps.htm
Voyages of Discovery
New Theory of Chinese Exploration
Chinese World Map of 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator
The Caravel
Trade
Moving Forward