I was looking over some of Gavin Menzies "evidence". One of them is a quote of George Washington seeing an old Chinese Junk. I'd imagine this would be around 1776. This is 350 years after Zheng He, though. The topic is interesting of Chinese exploration of the new world. GM clearly has problems with weighing evidence though... where everything he sees looks Chinese.

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"1644
Manchu rulers establish Ch'ing dynasty in China. Porcelain plate made in Ching-te-chen makes its way to the Gobernador by way of Chinese junk to Manila, Philippines, Manila galleon to Acapulco, Mexico, then up the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to northern New Mexico, then out to Dinétah through Native American trade networks."
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"16th-century Chinese junk. "Treasure ships" from China began to explore worlds to the west in the 1400s." [Note: west does not imply Atlantic Ocean travel]

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