hinese explorer Zeng He’s ship compared to Christopher Columbus’ “Santa Maria”.
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Size doesn't matter
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What an awesome comparison.
Someone should develop that into a kit.
I guess that the two models are built in the same scale?!?
Zheng He - Wikipedia
Chinese treasure ship - Wikipedia
But we can read here, that the specialists are still discussing, if these ships were really 140 meter long, or "only" 70meter......
A Chinese treasure ship (simplified Chinese: 宝船; traditional Chinese: 寶船; pinyin: bǎochuán, literally "gem ship") is a type of large wooden ship in the fleet of admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty.
According to British scientist, historian and sinologist Joseph Needham, the dimensions of the largest of these ships were 135 metres (440 ft) by 55 metres (180 ft).Historians such as Edward L. Dreyer are in broad agreement with Needham's views. However other historians have expressed doubts over the dimensions of these treasure ships. Xin Yuan'ou, a shipbuilding engineer and professor of the history of science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, argues on engineering grounds that it is highly unlikely that Zheng He's treasure ships were 450 ft long, and suggests that they were probably closer to 200–250 ft (61–76 m) in length