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1421: The Year China Discovered the World

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Description for 1421: The Year China Discovered the World Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.

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 they returned home, China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780553815221
SKU
9780553815221
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Gavin Menzies
Gavin Menzies (Royal Navy Submarine Commanding Officer, retired) was born in 1937 in China, where he spent the first two years of his life. He joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. As a junior officer he sailed the world in the wake of Columbus, Dias, Cabral and Vasco da Gama. When in ... Read more

Reviews for 1421: The Year China Discovered the World
Menzies has come up with something entirely new... it is a startling claim
Guardian
Exhaustively researched... an intriguing and highly persuasive thesis, told with passion and energy
Evening Standard
Popular history at its best
The Times
A book as engrossing as any adventure story
Daily Mail

Goodreads reviews for 1421: The Year China Discovered the World


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