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100 1 $aMenzies, Gavin.
245 10 $a1421 :$bthe year China discovered America /$cGavin Menzies.
246 30 $aYear China discovered America
246 3 $aFourteen twenty-one
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $a[New York, NY] :$bWilliam Morrow,$c2003.
300 $axix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index.
505 0 $aI. 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.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in geography$xChinese.
650 0 $aVoyages around the world.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644.
994 $aE0$bXIM