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The Year China Discovered America

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An edition of 1421 (2002)

1421

The Year China Discovered America

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This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. The author presents a series of vignettes describing his travels around the globe, examining what he claims is evidence for his "1421 hypothesis", interspersed with speculation and description of the achievements of Admiral Zheng's fleet.

"A remarkable journey of discovery that rewrites our understanding of history"--Jacket.

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William Morrow
Language
English
Pages
576

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Subjects

Chinese, Discoveries in geography, Voyages around the world, History, Discovery and exploration, Antiquities, China, history, ming dynasty, 1368-1644, America, discovery and exploration, Ontdekkingsreizen, Travel, Wereldreizen, Exploration, Historia, Découvertes géographiques chinoises, Voyages autour du monde, Histoire, Découverte et exploration chinoises, Asia

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China, America

Times

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

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1421: the year China discovered America
2004, Perennial
in English - 1st Perennial ed.
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1421: The Year China Discovered America
January 7, 2003, William Morrow
Hardcover in English
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1421: the year China discovered America
2003, HarperCollins
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: 1421
1421: The Year China Discovered America
January 7, 2003, William Morrow
in English
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1421 : The Year China Discovered the World
2002, Transworld/Bantam Press, Bantam Books
in English

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

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OL7278152M
ISBN 10
0060537639
ISBN 13
9780060537630
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