Chinese adventurer invests to reproduce Zheng He's fleet (1/6)

A total of 208 model boats featuring Zheng He's fleet are displayed in Kunming city of southwest China's Yunnan province on July 31, 2014. China's well-known adventurer Jin Feibao invested to reproduce the fleet in three years. Zheng He (1371–1433) was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming Dynasty. Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. [Photo: China News Service / Liu Ranyang]