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1421, the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

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1421, the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-536) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1421

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51318605

Responsibility statement

Gavin Menzies

Sub title

the year China discovered America

Table Of Contents

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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Year China discovered AmericaFourteen twenty-one

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