1421 : the year China discovered America / Gavin Menzies.
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| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
William Morrow,
2003.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 552 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Year China discovered America.
Fourteen twenty-one. |
| Format: | Book |
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| 246 | 3 | |a Fourteen twenty-one. | |
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| 260 | |a [New York, N.Y.] : |b William Morrow, |c 2003. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a I. Imperial China. The Emperor's grand plan -- A thunderbolt strikes -- The fleets set sail -- II. The guiding stars. Rounding the Cape -- The New World -- III. The voyage of Hong Bao. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- IV. The voyage of Zhou Man. Australia -- The Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands -- The first colony in the Americas -- Colonies in Central America -- V. The voyage of Zhou Wen. Satan's Island -- The treasure fleet runs aground -- Settlement in North America -- Expedition to the North Pole -- VI. The voyage of Yang Qing. Solving the riddle -- VII. Portugal inherits the crown. Where the Earth ends -- Colonizing the New World -- On the shoulders of giants -- Epilogue : the Chinese legacy -- Postscript -- Appendix 1. Chinese circumnavigation of the world, 1421-3 : index of supporting evidence -- Appendix 2. Eyewitness diaries -- Appendix 3. Key charts describing the first navigation of the world -- Appendix 4. The determination of longitude by the Chinese in the early fifteenth century. | |
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