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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Menzies, Gavin.     Subjects     Discoveries in geography -- Chinese.     Voyages around the world.     China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Menzies, Gavin.       by title:      1421 : the year Chin...         MARC Display

1421 : the year China discovered America / Gavin Menzies. by Menzies, Gavin. [New York, NY] : William Morrow, c2003. Subjects Discoveries in geography -- Chinese.   Voyages around the world.   China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. ISBN:  0060537639 Description:  xix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Contents:  I. 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hana P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hanapepe Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.951 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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