1421
the year China discovered America
1st Perennial ed.
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Word Count
162,250 words, Guess
Page Count
649 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archive1421yearchinadis0000menz
- Internet Archive1421yearchinadis0000menz_f4y9
- ISBN-139780060540944
- ISBN-10006054094X
- LibraryThing2279
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- Goodreads4813
- Library of Congress Control Number2004295381
- OCLC Control Number54085582
- Better World Books9780060540944
- Open LibraryOL3323290M
Classifications
- DDC910/.951/09024
- LCCG322 .M455 2004
- LCCG322.M455 2004
Alternate Titles
- One thousand four hundred twenty-one
- Fourteen twenty-one
Description
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. The author presents a series of vignettes describing his travels around the globe, examining what he claims is evidence for his "1421 hypothesis", interspersed with speculation and description of the achievements of Admiral Zheng's fleet. "A remarkable journey of discovery that rewrites our understanding of history"--Jacket.
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