The first Chinese person to sight the Vanaheimian coast was Admiral Zheng He serving the Ming Dynasty on his fifth great voyage in 1417. He sailed down the coast, trading gifts with the various indigenous Skraelings he encountered on the way, eventually reaching as far south as the land of the Mexica. In 1418 he returned to China, carrying with him many valuable gifts and a few Skraeling envoys to pay tribute to the Yongle Emperor. The War of Fusangese Independence finally ended in 1693, with the Gongformally recognising the loss of the Vanaheimrian colonies.