1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

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1421 : the year China discovered America, Gavin Menzies

Title remainder

the year China discovered America

Statement of responsibility

Gavin Menzies

Instantiates

• 1421 : the year China discovered America

Publication

• New York, NY, William Morrow, 2003

Note

"This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-536) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• 2.
• A thunderbolt strikes
• 3.
• The fleets set sail
• [pt.] 2.
• The guiding stars
• 4.
• Rounding the Cape
• 5.
• The New World
• List of maps and diagrams
• [pt.] 3.
• The voyage of Hong Bao
• 6.
• Voyage to Antarctica and Australia
• [pt.] 4.
• The voyage of Zhou Man
• 7.
• Australia
• 8.
• The Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands
• List of plates
• 9.
• The first colony in the Americas
• 10.
• Colonies in Central America
• [pt.] 5.
• The voyage of Zhou Wen
• 11.
• Satan's Island
• 12.
• The treasure fleet runs aground
• Chinese nomenclature
• 13.
• Settlement in North America
• 14.
• Expedition to the North Pole
• [pt.] 6.
• The voyage of Yang Qing
• 15.
• Solving the riddle
• [pt.] 7.
• Portugal inherits the crown
• Acknowledgments
• 16.
• Where the earth ends
• 17.
• Colonizing the New World
• 18.
• On the shoulders of giants
• Epilogue : the Chinese legacy
• Postscript
• appendix 1.
• Chinese circumnavigation of the world, 1421-3 : index of supporting evidence
• Introduction
• appendix 2.
• Eyewitness diaries
• appendix 3.
• Key charts describing the first navigation of the world
• appendix 4.
• The determination of longitude
• appendix 5.
• Further information on website
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• [pt.] 1. Imperial China
• Index
• 1.
• The Emperor's grand plan

Control code

51318605

Dimensions

25 cm

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Extent

xix, 552 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates

Isbn

9780060537630

Lccn

2004556241

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations (some color), maps

Record ID

http://search.mel.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb14704503

System control number

(OCoLC)51318605