The Resource 1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies
1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies
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The item 1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates
- Note
- "This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780060537630
- Label
- 1421 : the year China discovered America
- Title
- 1421
- Title remainder
- the year China discovered America
- Statement of responsibility
- Gavin Menzies
- Title variation
-
- Year China discovered America
- Fourteen twenty-one
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- CO2
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Menzies, Gavin
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Discoveries in geography
- Voyages around the world
- China
- Label
- 1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies
- 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
- System control number
- ocm51318605
- Label
- 1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies
- 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
- System control number
- ocm51318605
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