Ming Court Abandons Maritime Ambitions
1435
With the Yongle Emperor dead and Zheng He buried at sea, the Confucian mandarinate persuaded the court to halt treasure fleets, burn shipyards' records, and make oceanic shipbuilding illegal. China's navy was dismantled by edict. The next four centuries of maritime Asia would be shaped by others, including eventually Europeans.
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