1421 is the year China discovered the world
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1421 is the year China discovered the world
29.99 €
Gavin Menzies' sensational book (1937-2020) recounts the beginning of the Great Discovery, with the author's theory that Admiral Zheng He's Chinese navigators were 100 years ahead of their European rivals. The most grandiose Chinese expedition, composed of four fleets, began in 1421. In 2003, this book became a New York Times bestseller, was translated into dozens of languages, and the total circulation exceeded 1,000,000 copies! Who would have thought that during the Ming Dynasty, Chinese navigators were the first to discover Australia, New Zealand, America, Antarctica, and the Northeast Passage? Is it possible that the Chinese had circumnavigated the globe as early as the 15th century? Could medieval Chinese ships reaching Greenland have reached the North and South Poles? Did China in the first quarter of the 15th century have the appropriate capacity and logistical capabilities for circumnavigation expeditions? The last of the ships that survived the long sea voyages returned to China in the fall of 1423. There is almost no evidence of where and why these ships went, only the maps found by the author, confirm the Chinese trace in the Great Geographical Discoveries. Gavin Menzies' hypotheses are still fiercely debated among scholars. Many consider his book to be an alternative history, but whether it is so, it is up to the readers to decide. Menzies was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus at Yunnan University in China for his great contribution to the promotion of Chinese culture.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Not a brief history of mankind