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000261836 1001_ $$aMenzies, Gavin.
000261836 24510 $$a1421 :$$bthe year China discovered America /$$cGavin Menzies.
000261836 24630 $$aYear China discovered America
000261836 2463_ $$aFourteen twenty-one
000261836 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed.
000261836 260__ $$aNew York :$$bWilliam Morrow,$$c2003.
000261836 300__ $$axix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates :$$bill. (some col.), maps ;$$c25 cm.
000261836 500__ $$a"This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso.
000261836 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index.
000261836 5050_ $$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.
000261836 650_0 $$aDiscoveries in geography$$xChinese.
000261836 650_0 $$aVoyages around the world.
000261836 651_0 $$aChina$$xHistory$$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644.
000261836 85200 $$bgen$$hG322$$i.M46$$i2003
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