Zheng He completed seven famous voyages between 1405 and 1433. He visited many countries in Asia and Africa. Zheng He also brought back many gifts from the countries he visited, such as medicines,pearls and strange animals.The most famous of these gifts were a giraffe and a zebra. When Zheng He came back from his seventh voyage in 1433,he was sixty-two years old. In 28 years of traveling, he had managed to share the glory of China with many different countries. When he died in 1435, the stories of his travels made his one of China's most famous sailors.