Period 1 language pointsPeriod 1 language points• warming up
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Under the command of Zheng He, the fleets set sail from the South China Sea across the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, and then traveled further south, discovering the eastern coast of Africa
He renewed relations with the Kingdoms of the East African coast
One African king sent the Ming emperor a royal present: two gifaffes
James Cook (1728-1779) was the greatest Britain navigator
Cook enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1755
In 1768 he was promoted and sent to the Pacific where he surveyed Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia
On his famous second expedition (1772-75) he explo