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1421 : the year China discovered America / Gavin Menzies.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061564895
- ISBN: 0061564893
- Physical Description: 649 page, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some colored), maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in Great Britain by: Transworld Publishers. 2002. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chinese nomenclature -- Introduction -- I. Imperial China. The emperor's grand plan ; A thunderbolt strikes ; The fleet sets 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 -- Portugal inherits the crown. Where the earth end ; Colonizing the new world ; On the shoulders of giants -- Epilogue: The Chinese legacy -- Postscript -- Appendices. Chinese circumnavigation of the world 1421-3: synopsis of evidence ; The determination of longitude. |
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| Subject: | Discoveries in geography > Chinese. Voyages around the world. China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. America > Discovery and exploration > Chinese. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Salmo Public Library | 910.951 MEN (Text) | 35163000237748 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
