In the early 15th century, almost a hundred years before Europe would begin its age of exploration,

China was embarking on a series of voyages that put to shame anything anyone in Europe would do for centuries.

These voyages were led by a man who was the greatest

Admiral in history up to that point and the ships in his fleet are the largest

wooden ships that the world would ever see. Learn more about the voyages of

Admiral Jean-HéhéHé on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Travel Photography Academy. If you've listened to enough episodes of this podcast, you'll notice that I

often interject places that I visited. That's because I spent over 10 years of my life traveling

around the world almost non-stop. During that time, I went from being a complete novice in photography

to winning almost every major travel photography prize in North America.

When I learned how to do travel photography I did do it the hard way. It took years of time and lots of travel. That's why I

created the Travel Photography Academy so you can learn from me in much less time spending

much less money.

It's an online video course which I shot on location in France, Spain, and the United States,

and I cover everything you need to improve your travel photography.

So if you want to take your photography to the next level and get better photos, travel photography

Academy.com or click on the link in the show-notes.

Academy.com or click on the link in the show notes. If you've been listening to the show long enough, there are a couple

of themes that keep repeating. One of them is that many of the things in our world actually

have rather ancient roots, and the other is that the world actually have rather ancient roots.

And the other is that the Chinese probably did it first.

There were many inventions and innovations which were first developed in China

before they were developed in the West

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