1421
the year China discovered the world
av Gavin Menzies (forfatter).
Bantam Press 2002 Innbundet
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On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was to unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the entire globe. When they returned Zhu Di had fallen from power 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 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They has also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia 350 years before Cook and solved the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans. The author has spent 15 years tracing the astonishing voyages of the Chinese fleet. In this historical detective story, he shares the account of his discoveries and the incontrovertible evidence to support them.
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On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was to unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the entire globe. When they returned Zhu Di had fallen from power 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 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They has also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia 350 years before Cook and solved the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans. The author has spent 15 years tracing the astonishing voyages of the Chinese fleet. In this historical detective story, he shares the account of his discoveries and the incontrovertible evidence to support them.
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Forlag Bantam Press
Utgivelsesår 2002
Format Innbundet
ISBN13 9780593050781
EAN 9780593050781
Omtalt tid 1400-tallet
Omtalt sted Kina
Språk Engelsk
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