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100 1 $aMenzies, Gavin.
245 10 $a1421 :$bthe year China discovered America /$cGavin Menzies.
246 3 $aOne thousand four hundred twenty-one
246 3 $aFourteen twenty-one
246 30 $aYear China discovered America
250 $a1st Perennial ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPerennial,$c2004.
300 $a649 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain by: Transworld Publishers. 2002.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aArgues that the Chinese discovered America and established colonies there before Columbus and that European explorers such as Magellan and Cook "discovered" new lands using pre-existing Chinese maps.
505 00 $tImperial China --$tThe Emperor's Grand Plan --$tA Thunderbolt Strikes --$tThe Fleets Set Sail --$tThe Guiding Stars --$tRounding the Cape --$tThe New World --$tThe Voyage of Hong Bao --$tVoyage to Antarctica and Australia --$tThe Voyage of Zhou Man --$tAustralia --$tThe Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands --$tThe First Colony in the Americas --$tColonies in Central America --$tThe Voyage of Zhou Wen --$tSatan's Island --$tThe Treasure Fleet Runs Aground --$tSettlement in North America --$tExpedition to the North Pole --$tThe Voyage of Yang Qing --$tSolving the Riddle --$tPortugal Inherits the Crown --$tWhere the Earth End --$tColonizing the New World --$tOn the Shoulders of Giants --$tEpilogue: The Chinese Legacy --$tChinese Circumnavigation of the World 1421-3: Synopsis of Evidence --$tThe Determination of Longitude.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in geography$xChinese.
650 0 $aVoyages around the world.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$xChinese.
650 6 $aDécouvertes géographiques chinoises.
650 6 $aVoyages autour du monde.
651 6 $aChine$xHistoire$y1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
651 6 $aAmérique$xDécouverte et exploration chinoises.
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