Recently the inquiry, were Zheng He’s seven voyages historically plausible, has come into question. I firmly believe that his voyages were that his voyages were not possible. I believe this for multiple reasons. One reason is that the technology during the Golden Age was not as advanced at it should have been to create the ships. Also, there is not enough information or evidence to support the realization of these seven voyages.

In the 1400s, the technology was simply not as strongly advanced, as it must have been in order to make at least one of the massive ships, let alone over 100! According to nationalgeographic.com, on the first voyage there were presumably 317 ships. In addition, the treasure ships had about 400-foot-long decks and nine masts connected to each one. In simple terms, there was not enough manpower to make the ships. In Nanjing, a capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, a replica of one a treasure ship was made. Even though “old school techniques” were used, according to China.org.cn, hammers, screwdrivers, power drills, and other modern day tools were used. They did not have these gears in the 1400s, so how could they have possibly made so many ships with the lack of the …show more content…
As stated by asianhistory.about.com, “Later emperors and scholars sought to erase the memory of these great expeditions from Chinese history.” It appears that almost all the evidence of Zheng He’s seven voyages were burned or destroyed. I am a firm believer in fact and confirmation and without the proof of the expeditions; there is no concrete form of proving it. Along the coast of the Indian Ocean, artifacts from the ships were recovered. But, I believe that Zheng He could have passed by the Indian Ocean and some of the artifacts simply just traveled a far distance. I do not believe that this is strong enough evidence of the possibility of He’s ludicrous