Record Details
1421 The Year China Discovered The World
Menzies, Gavin · 2003 · ENG
HARDCOPY
Author
Menzies, Gavin
Statement of Responsibility
Gavin Menzies
ISBN
0553815229
Call Number
DS740.5.Z5 M46 2003
Publisher
London : Bantam Books
Publication Year
2003
Physical Description
649 pages illustrations maps 20 cm
Record No
559437
Subjects
Voyages around the world
Discoveries in geography — Chinese — Chinese
China — History — Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Notes
- Include index
Locations & Copies
Total: 1
| Campus | Location | Copy ID | Status | Type | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASA | PERPUSTAKAAN HOSPITAL AL-SULTAN ABDULLAH | 000001064023 | SHELF | BOOK |
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aGroundbreaking new discovery! As detailed inThe Economistand recent headline news, Gavin Menzies (author of1421: The Year China Discovered The World) has recently uncovered a copy of an 18th century map which definitively records the exploits of a Chinese explorer whose fleets roamed the oceans between 1405 and 1435. The map shows America, South America and other parts of the globe that were supposed to have been discovered decades later by Christopher Columbus. It is the final piece of evidence to underpin Gavin's theory put forward in1421: The Year China Discovered The World. In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, huge junks nearly 500 feet long and built from the finest teak, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di’s loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the globe. When they returned, Zhu Di had lost power and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world. The great ships rotted and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They had also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia 350 years before Cook, and solved the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans. In this fascinating historical detective story, Gavin Menzies shares the remarkable account of his discoveries and the incontrovertible evidence supporting them.
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Metadata Summary (MARC)
Title
1421 The Year China Discovered The World
Author
Menzies, Gavin
Year
2003
Publisher
London : Bantam Books
Call Number
DS740.5.Z5 M46 2003
ISBN
0553815229