Zheng He's fleets visited
Brunei,
[56] Java, Thailand and
Southeast Asia, India, the
Horn of Africa, and
Arabia,
[57] dispensing and receiving goods along the way.
[55] Zheng He presented gifts of gold, silver,
porcelain, and silk; in return, China received such novelties as ostriches, zebras, camels, and
ivory from the
Swahili.
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[55][58][59][60] The giraffe he brought back from
Malindi was considered to be a
qilin and taken as proof of the
favor of heaven upon the administration.
[61]The Daxuexi Alley Mosque in Xi'an has a stele dating to January 1523, inscribed with Zheng He's the fourth maritime voyage to Tianfang, Arabian peninsula.
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