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1421
by Gavin Menzies
On 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, 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 world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last for over two years and take them around the globe. But by the time the fleet returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so recently embraced. And so these great ships rotted at their moorings and the records of their extraordinary journey were destroyed. And with them, the knowledge that the Chinese had circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan, reached America seventy years before Columbus, and Australia three hundred and fifty years before Cook...The result of over fifteen years research, 1421: THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED THE WORLD is Gavin Menzies' enthralling account of the voyage of the emperor's fleet, the remarkable discoveries he made and the incontrovertible evidence to support them: ancient maps, precise navigational knowledge, astronomy and the surviving accounts of Chinese explorers and the later European navigators as well as the artefacts the fleet left in its wake - from sunken junks to the ornate votive offerings left by the Chinese sailors wherever they landed, giving thanks to Shao Lin, goddess of the sea. Already hailed as a classic, this is the story of an extraordinary journey of discovery that not only radically alters our understanding of world exploration but also rewrites history itself.
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( Bantam Books 2003, Paperback. ) In this fascinating and controversial historical thesis, Menziies argues that while the West was still dragging itself out of the Dark Ages, China had a thriving sea trade with India and Africa, and arguably with places as far off as South America and Australia, not to be beaten for hundreds of years. This claim is based upon the limited documentary evidence that still exists in China and some possible archaeological evidence, most of it unknown in the West, which sets the scene for the building of a massive trading fleet by the eunuch Admiral Zheng He, and his subsequent voyages of exploration. At least one type of ship was 400 feet long, at the time when Columbus's ships were under 100-about 50 times the capacity. So what went wrong? What could stop such a powerful naval nation in its tracks? An Imperial Decree, forbidding sea voyages, considering them unproductive, uneconomic and, more importantly, un-Confucian. A decision that effectively shut the door on Chinese expansion and fostered the introversion that has only ceased in the last few decades. The book itself is in a near pristine condition. Spine and covers all excellent. Pages remain tight, clean and unmarked. We offer a no questions asked returns and refunds policy on book value if returned within thirty days of delivery. ( W: w: )
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(649 pages) in 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from china under the command of emperor zhu di's loyal eunuch admirals. but by the time they returned home, zhu di had lost control and china was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries. illustrations, maps edition new ed (Paperback)
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