Christopher Columbus Vs Cheng Ho, who are greater in navigation,and who have explore more lands?

Answer 1

Cheng Ho (Zheng He), easily.

He led the Ming treasure fleets about seven times during the first three decades of the 15th century -- nearly a century before Columbus.

The treasure fleets were much, much bigger that Columbus's three small ships. Zheng He's ships were up to 400 feet long, and he commanded over a hundred ships at a time.

He roamed all over the Indian Ocean, and into the South Pacific. Ming navigational technology surpassed European technology of the time, and the Chinese could have discovered America before Columbus if they'd continued their maritime program.

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus mistakenly calculated that the earth was much smaller than it actually is (it was known to be a sphere, he just got the size wrong). He sailed west and eventually ran into a landmass that stretches almost across the entire planet. Actually he never hit the landmass, he just found some islands off of the coast. Sailing west and hitting the America's landmass requires very little navigation. Just belief in his erroneous calculations.

Cheng Ho sailed his massive fleet around the coasts of SE Asia. He certainly explored more lands, but again sailing around the coast is not particularly a navigation challenge.

Both pale in comparison to the Polynesians who were sailing outrigger canoes across hundreds or thousands of miles of the open Pacific Ocean.

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus.

Answer 4

cheng ho

Answer 5

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