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1421 (2002) (edit title/settings)

The Year China Discovered America

by Gavin Menzies (Author) (edit contributors)

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On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When it returned in October 1423, the... read more

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This is a collection of incidents, discoveries and facts, brought together by a submarine captain who had a lot of experience sailing around the world. It proposes that the Chinese did also, back in 1421. There is a LOT of evidence to support this idea, but unfortunately, the Chinese burned... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This is a collection of incidents, discoveries and facts, brought together by a submarine captain who had a lot of experience sailing around the world. It proposes that the Chinese did also, back in 1421. There is a LOT of evidence to support this idea, but unfortunately, the Chinese burned most of the records from the voyages and retreated into isolationism during this time period. The one fact that is not addressed is that if the Chinese sailed most of the oceans, including circumnavigating Greenland, why didn't this great fleet come upon European sailors or Europe? At any rate, well worth the effort to read and definitely provocative.

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ON 2 FEBRUARY 1421, CHINA DWARFED EVERY NATION ON earth.

Table of Contents edit see section history

List of Maps and Diagrams

List of Plates

Chinese Nomenclature

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Imperial China
1. The Emperor's Grand Plan
2. A Thunderbolt Strikes
3. The Fleets Set Sail

II. The Guiding Stars
4. Rounding the Cape
5. The New World

III. The Voyage of Hong Bao
6. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia

IV. The Voyage of Zhou Man
7. Australia
8. The Barrier Reef and The Spice Islands
9. The First Colony in the Americas
10. Colonies in Central America

V. The Voyage of Zhou Wen
11. Satan's Island
12. The Treasure Fleet Runs Aground
13. Settlement In North AMerica
14. Expedition to the North Pole

VI. The Voyage of Yang Qing
15. Solving the Riddle

VII. Portugal Inherits the Crown
16. Where the Earth End
17. Colonizing the New World
18. On the Shoulders of Giants

Epilogue: The Chinese Legacy

Postscript

Appendices
1. Chinese Circumnavigation of the World 1421-3: Synopsis of Evidence
2. The Determination of Longitude

Notes

Index

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Gavin Menzies (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Press
Country: England
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0593050789
Page Count: 520

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