On one journey, 317 of these ships set sail at once. Under the command of the eunuch admiral Zheng He, the Chinese were routinely sailing to Africa and back decades before Columbus was even born.
Other Chinese social media users falsely claimed that Palawan's name had been "restored" by their government to Zheng He Island last month. One content creator named Travel Brother on Chinese ...
A number of Chinese social media users claim Palawan was originally called Zheng He Island and that its name has been ‘restored’.
NHCP handout photo MANILA — Posts calling Palawan as "Zheng He Island" on Chinese social media apps are inaccurate, as the Chinese explorer it was allegedly named after travelled to seas west of ...