The difference between Zheng He s voyage to the West and Columbus s fleet

Three Treasures: Show off National Columbus: Exploration, Plunder, Colonization.

The fundamental purpose was different, Zheng He went to the West to promote national prestige, while the new shipping route was opened for foreign colonial expansion.

Zheng He went to the West in the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years before Columbus discovered the modern continent.

Zheng He's voyage to the West was legitimately engaged in commodity trading, with the strong support of the first class, which was the behavior of feudal society, and the opening of new shipping routes was to obtain colonial benefits, supported by capital, which belonged to capital expansion and colonial expansion.

The results were different: Zheng He finally closed himself off from the country and imposed a sea ban; New shipping routes opened up new colonies, expanded markets, and found new sources of raw materials and labor markets.

Impact on Africa: Zheng He's arrival in Africa was only **, while the new route plundered a large number of slaves, dealing a devastating blow to the African race.

Similarities: all have traveled around the world, all in the form of the organization of the entire fleet, and there is a soul-like hero, Zheng He, Columbus.

Zheng He's voyage to the West was a sea voyage during the Yongle and Xuande years of the Ming Dynasty, the first voyage began in the third year of Yongle (1405), and the last voyage ended in the eighth year of Xuande (1433), a total of seven times. Since Zheng He was the main envoy of the mission, and the fleet sailed to the west of Borneo (that is, the so-called "Western Ocean" in the Ming Dynasty, hence the name.

During the seven voyages, Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, led the fleet from Nanjing, assembled at Liujiagang in Taicang, Jiangsu, and anchored at Changle Taiping Port in Fuzhou, Fujian Province to serve the wind and open the ocean, sailed to the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and visited more than 30 countries and regions, including Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahang, Chenla, Guli, Siam, Punggara, Adan, Tianfang, Zofar, Kurumus, Mugudushu and other places, and the farthest known to reach East Africa and the Red Sea.

Christopher Columbus (Spanish: cristóbal colón; Italian: Cristoro Colombo (22 September 1452 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator, one of the main figures of the Age of Discovery, and a pioneer of the great geographical discoveries.

Born in the medieval Republic of Genoa (present-day northwestern Italy).

On Columbus' first voyage in 1492, he landed in the Bahamas at a place he called "San Salvador" instead of the planned Japan. On three subsequent voyages, Columbus reached the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, Venezuela off the Caribbean, and Central America, declaring them to be the Spanish Empire. Columbus died on May 20, 1506.

Therefore, from the perspective of time alone, Zheng He's voyage to the West to explore the ocean was earlier than Columbus's round-the-world voyage.

It was humanity that began to conquer the oceans and realized how big the world was, and that there were other civilizations.

Similarities1 They are all great actions to discover the world, understand the world, and forge aheadDifferences 1: Different purposes Zheng He's actions were for political stability, and Columbus had a direct pursuit of economy and interests.

2 The results were different Zheng He's actions were finally cancelled, and even the voyages of Columbus were banned for a time, but they opened the prelude to the great voyages of the West and the discovery of the New World.3 The harvest was different Zheng He's actions were a burden on the country's finances and economy, and Columbus's voyages brought huge revenues to the West.

During the Yongle period, it was mainly to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, the state allocated funds, and the crew was sailors, and I personally think that the influence was greater than that of Columbus.

I think the questioner probably wanted to compare Columbus with Zheng He, and their impact was different in the following ways: 1Because the motivation is different, the impact is different.

Columbus sailed for the purpose of connecting trade routes and even discovering new resources, so after he discovered the American continent, he plundered it wildly; Zheng He was appointed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to go to the West to spread the prestige of the Ming Empire, in order to try to establish a peaceful and harmonious international social order with the traditional political and moral concepts of the Chinese. Commerce is secondary. 2.

Zheng He's first voyage to the West was in 1405, and Columbus's voyage was in 1492, a difference of nearly 90 years. 3.Everywhere Zheng He went, there was already a known feudal civilization, while Columbus discovered a new continent inhabited by indigenous people in primitive societies, which created an objective feasibility for European colonialism.

Difference 1: The purpose is different.

Zheng He's actions were for political stability; Columbus had a direct pursuit of economics and profit2 with different outcomes.

Zheng He's actions were finally cancelled by explicit order, and even banned from the sea for a time; Columbus's voyage opened the prelude to the great voyage of the West and the discovery of the New World.

3 Harvest is different.

Zheng He's actions were a burden on the country's finances and economy; Columbus's voyages brought huge revenues to the West.

The scale is different, Zheng He was in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and had strong national strength, so his fleet also had ** at that time, there were merchant ships, and Columbus only had explorers.

The nature of the fleet is different, Zheng He is paid by the state and funded by the state, so his fleet is the national fleet. Columbus pooled his own money and found people on his own, so his fleet was a private fleet.

Zheng He's purpose was different, Zheng He's trip to the West was to promote national prestige, strengthen diplomatic ties, and elevate the status of the Ming Dynasty. Columbus was for **, for plunder.

The number of times is also different, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and Columbus only once.

The time is different, Zheng He went to the West between 1405 and 1433. Columbus was 1492.

The essence is different, one gives money, and the other earns money.

Zheng He is simply a boy with scattered wealth. It is said that Zheng He went to the West seven times and spent six million **, this unlucky loser's child. Of course, he is not to blame, it is the emperor's business.

Chengzu Zhu Di plotted to usurp the throne, the throne came incorrectly, and he hoped that Enzebu would be recognized overseas, and some said that he went out to find Emperor Ming Hui Zhu Yunwen, anyway, it was not for navigation.

Liang Qichao once said: After Columbus in the West, countless Columbus followed, and after Zheng He in China, there was no Zheng He!

The biggest difference is that the purpose of Zheng He's trip to the West is to promote national prestige and strengthen ties with overseas countries; Columbus's seafaring impetus was to obtain commercial interests and open up new spaces for the new bourgeoisie. In addition, Zheng He's voyage to the West and Columbus's voyage were also different in terms of the scale of navigation, navigation technology, and influence.

Columbus didn't know where he had been!!

One is a powerful consequence, and the other is a powerful cause.