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|aMenzies, Gavin|eby
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|a1421 :|bThe Year China Discovered America /|cby Gavin Menzies
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|aThe Year China Discovered America
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|a1st U.S. ed
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|aNew York, NY :|bW. Morrow,|cc2003
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|axix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates :|bill. (some col.), maps ;|c25 cm
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|a"This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index
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|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
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|aDiscoveries in geography|xChinese
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|aVoyages around the world
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|aChina|xHistory|yMing dynasty, 1368-1644
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|3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004556241-d.html
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|3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2004556241-b.html
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