I'm trying to picture this as best as I could in my mind but It always comes back to China dominating the sea trade from Africa to Asia and probably beyond that.
We all know that Zheng He's fleet made it to, probably, the tip of Africa. The fleet was a vast fleet and that a portion of that fleet was split off and probably arrived in the Americas (let's forget this part first). However, what would China and to a larger extend, the world be like if Zheng He's fleet would be allow to continue this exploration?
Would they dominated much of the seas? Would they have made it to Europe and even "colonized" part of the world? How far would this grand age of seafaring have gone for China? What are some of their consequences for this?
We all know that Zheng He's fleet made it to, probably, the tip of Africa. The fleet was a vast fleet and that a portion of that fleet was split off and probably arrived in the Americas (let's forget this part first). However, what would China and to a larger extend, the world be like if Zheng He's fleet would be allow to continue this exploration?
Would they dominated much of the seas? Would they have made it to Europe and even "colonized" part of the world? How far would this grand age of seafaring have gone for China? What are some of their consequences for this?