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1421 : the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies.

1421 : the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies.
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ISBN 0593050789
Author Menzies, Gavin
Title 1421 : the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies.
Other title Fourteen twenty-one
Portion of title Year China discovered the world
Publisher and/or associated date/s London : Bantam, 2002.
Description xix, 520 p., [32] p. of plates : iil. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Part I. Imperial China: 1. The Emperor's grand plan; 2. A thunderbolt strikes; 3. The fleets set sail -- Part II. The Guiding Stars: 4. Rounding the cape; 5. The new world -- Part III. The Voyage of Hong Bao: 6. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part VI. The Voyage of Yang Qing: 15. Solving the riddle -- Part VII. Portugal inherits the crown: 16. Where the Earth ends; 17. Colonizing the new world; 18. On the shoulders of giants -- Epilogue. The Chinese legacy -- Appendices: Chinese circumnavigations of the world, 1421-3; Eyewitness diaries; Key charts; The determination of longitude; Further information on website -- Notes -- Select bibliography.
Subjects Discoveries in geography -- Chinese
Voyages around the world
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Related title Fourteen twenty-one.
Call number EDWARDS 910.451 MEN
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