After became the Emperor, Zhu Di ‘s ambition towards establishing a Chinese presence and enforce Chinese influence over the Indian Ocean trade became his lifelong ambition. Within the next three decades, the Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the treasure fleet, as it would come to be known and placed his trusted eunuch, Zheng He as his Chief Commander of the fleet. Over the next years, Zheng He and the treasure fleet conducted seven legendary voyages from 1405 – 1433 that brought him all the way from the Chinese port of Nanjing to Brunei, Java, Thailand, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and finally to the east coast of the African continent. Along those voyages, Zheng He presented goods to other nations such as gold, silver,
