1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
by Gavin Menzies
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Author: Gavin MenziesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-01
ISBN: 0061564893
Number of pages: 672
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Sheds new light on China's role in world politics
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent, well-researched and well-written book providing startling insights on China's role in charting the coastline of Australia, NZ, the Americas, Antarctica and other countries well before explorers such as Columbus and Vasco de Gama ever reached them. By applying navigational skills honed with the British Navy - particularly an understanding of prevailing oceanic winds & currents - the author systematically retraces the routes taken by China's treasure ships and shows that China circumnavigated the world long before European countries such as Britain, Portugal and Spain laid claim to it. This book has turned the academic world upside down in its simplicity and common sense approach to putting two and two together. By citing evidence from archaeology, geography, geology, history and anthropology, Menzies demonstrates that China was the first nation to truely explore and colonise the world. It really does give you a new perspective on China, just as it is awakening from its 500-year slumber.
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