1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

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1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

Title remainder

the year China discovered America

Statement of responsibility

Gavin Menzies

Instantiates

• 1421 : the year China discovered America

Publication

• New York, NY, William Morrow, 2003

Note

"This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index

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

Dimensions

25 cm.

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Extent

xix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates

Isbn

9780060537630

Other physical details

ill. (some col.), maps

Record ID

379449

System control number

ocm51318605