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China: A zebra brought to the court of the Ming Emperor Yongle (r.1402-24) from East Africa by the fleet of Admiral Zheng He (1371-1435)
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Between 1405 and 1433, the Ming government sponsored a series of seven naval expeditions. The Yongle emperor designed them to establish a Chinese presence, impose imperial control over trade, impress foreign peoples in the Indian Ocean basin and extend the empire's tributary system.

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