1421 The Year China Discovered the World
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On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas. When the fleet... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:006054094X
ISBN13:9780060540944
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Harper Perennial
Length:649 Pages
Weight:1.67 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
1421 to Fusang!!
Published by walter Ko , 5 years ago
Gavin writes this book to point out the year China discovered America with support of evidence. It is from his perspective as a former submarine commander, not a historian nor scholar, and it rocks the boat of classic notion that Columbus discovered America myth. He was attacked by intellectual thugs but he keeps on his endeavor in this aspect, especially with the book: Who Discovered America?
It is wonderful to check out the Oracle Bone writing of Shang Dynasty on many Native American rock arts and I witnessed many. Native Americans claimed Hopi and many other tribes met the two representatives from Chinese emperor Greater Yu to survey the world!
This book is a good orientation to that research. Enjoy!
Challenging opinions.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book explores the talents of the Chinese, a nation that for many years has been hidden. Few books are written about China's history, but Gavin has pieced together the events of China discovery and exploration of the world. No doubt this book will challenge many people's ideas about early exploration, but at the the same time enough facts are given to substiantiate this tremendous effort of discovery. This is a well written book that is easy to read, but could benefit from additional charts and explanations.
Menzies makes sense
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Menzies has brought a common sense (or in this case a Navigator's sense)to re-examine the widely accepted belief that Columbus discovered America.In a well reasoned and well written book, he asks questions which are pertinent to the foundations of that belief. In so doing, he follows the footsteps of Thor Heyerdahl and Tim Severin in showing that it is possible that factual history may differ from interpreted history. Was Columbus the first to discover America? We already know that the Vikings got to one part of America long before Columbus; so is it possible, as Menzies suggests, that Columbus was yoyaging to a destination already know to him rather than into the unknown?. Menzies may not (yet) have proven his case, but he raises questions that are not so easy to answer. If nothing else, his book is fascinating in providing answers which make a great deal of professional sense.
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