Claim: Four eunuch admirals???-Hong Bao, Zhou Man, Zhou Wen and YangQing --led fleets to the Americas, Australia, Greenland and theAntarctic during voyages between 1421 and 1423.Fact: There are no Chinese or other texts which suggest in any waythat these four eunuchs, or any other Ming commanders, traveledanywhere at all beyond Asia, the Middle East and the East coast ofAfrica.