On 8 March 1421 The Largest Fleet The World Had Ever Seen Sailed From Its Base In China. The Ships, Huge Junks Nearly Five Hundred 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 Lost Control And China Was Beginning Its Long, Self-imposed Isolation From The World It Had So Recently Embraced. The Great Ships Rotted At Their Moorings And The Records Of Their Journeys Were Destroyed. Lost Was The Knowledge That Chinese Ships Had Reached America Seventy Years Before Columbus And Circumnavigated The Globe A Century Before Magellan. They Had Also Discovered Antarctica, Reached Australia Three Hundred And Fifty Years Before Cook And Solved The Problem Of Longitude Three Hundred Years Before The Europeans.--jacket. I. Imperial China -- 1. The Emperor's Grand Plan -- 2. A Thunderbolt Strikes -- 3. The Fleets Set Sail -- Ii. The Guiding Stars -- 4. Rounding The Cape -- 5. The New World -- Iii. The Voyage Of Hong Bao -- 6. Voyage To Antarctica And Australia -- Iv. The Voyage Of Zhou Man -- 7. Australia -- 8. The Barrier Reef And The Spice Islands -- 9. The First Colony In The Americas -- 10. Colonies In Central America -- V. The Voyage Of Zhou Wen -- 11. Satan's Island -- 12. The Treasure Fleet Runs Aground -- 13. Settlement In North America -- 14. Expedition To The North Pole -- Pt. Vi. The Voyage Of Yang Qing -- 15. Solving The Riddle -- Vii. Portugal Inherits The Crown -- 16. Where The Earth Ends -- 17. Colonizing The New World -- 18. On The Shoulders Of Giants -- Epilogue: The Chinese Legacy -- App. 1. Chinese Circumnavigation Of The World 1421-3 -- App. 2. Eyewitness Diaries -- App. 3. Key Charts -- App. 4. The Determination Of Longitude -- App. 5. Further Information On Website. Gavin Menzies. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 477-504) And Index.
Categories:
- History
- World
- General
- World
Publisher : Transworld/Bantam Press
Author : Gavin Menzies
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2002-12-03
Number Of Pages : 544
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0593050789
ISBN-13 : 9780593050781
Item weight : 2.16 lb
Dimensions : 2.05 in x 6.46 in x 9.21 in
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