1. Wayne Hale, Jr. Associate Administrator Strategic Partnerships Office NASA

3. Ming Empire

7. Cheng Zu’s Navy Zheng He Commander 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.

8. Zheng He’s Fleet

9. http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/ch2/maps.htm Voyages of Discovery

11. New Theory of Chinese Exploration

12. Chinese World Map of 1418

15. Prince Henry the Navigator

16. The Caravel

18. Trade

20. Moving Forward