On Zheng he's last voyage, according to the book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World from 2002, by Gavin Menzies, he claims that the Chinese at that time were powerful enough to discover the new world\ before the European, because at this time the Chinese's boat were 10 times bigger, and better than the European, so it isn't a big surprise that they discovers the new world before the European (boat compare). The reason that this was never mention is because in 1427, the Xuande Emperor came into power, and he didnt want any record of the previous emperor so he orders all the scholar to burn all the left over records of the previous emperor's achievements therefore Zheng He's accomplishment were all burnt away.
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