TY  - BOOK
AU  - Menzies,Gavin
TI  - 1421: the year China discovered America 
SN  - 0060537639
AV  - G 322 .M46 2003
U1  - 910.4/1 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W. Morrow
KW  - Discoveries in geography
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Voyages around the world
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
N1  - "This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index; I. 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
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