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100 1  $a Menzies, Gavin.
245 10 $a 1421 : $b the year China discovered America / $c Gavin Menzies.
246 30 $a Year China discovered America.
246 3  $a Fourteen twenty-one.
250    $a 1st U.S. ed.
260    $a [New York, NY] : $b William Morrow, $c c 2003.
300    $a xix, 552 p., [32] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.), maps ; $c 25 cm.
500    $a "This book was originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Transworld Publishers"--T.p. verso.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-536) and index.
505 00 $t Index. $t List of plates -- $t Chinese nomenclature -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Introduction -- $g appendix 5. $g 1. The $t Emperor's grand plan -- $g 2. A $t thunderbolt strikes -- $g 3. The $t fleets set sail -- $g [pt.] 2. The $t guiding stars -- $g 4. $t Rounding the Cape -- $g 5. The $t New World -- $g [pt.] 3. The $t voyage of Hong Bao -- $g 6. $t Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- $g [pt.] 4. The $t voyage of Zhou Man -- $g 7. $t Australia -- $g 8. The $t Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands -- $g 9. The $t first colony in the Americas -- $g 10. $t Colonies in Central America -- $g [pt.] 5. The $t voyage of Zhou Wen -- $g 11. $t Satan's Island -- $g 12. The $t treasure fleet runs aground -- $g 13. $t Settlement in North America -- $g 14. $t Expedition to the North Pole -- $g [pt.] 6. The $t voyage of Yang Qing -- $g 15. $t Solving the riddle -- $g [pt.] 7. $t Portugal inherits the crown -- $g 16. $t Where the earth ends -- $g 17. $t Colonizing the New World -- $g 18. $t On the shoulders of giants -- $t Epilogue : the Chinese legacy -- $t Postscript -- $g appendix 1. $t Chinese circumnavigation of the world, 1421-3 : index of supporting evidence -- $g appendix 2. $t Eyewitness diaries -- $g appendix 3. $t Key charts describing the first navigation of the world -- $g appendix 4. The $t determination of longitude -- $g appendix 5. $t Further information on website -- $t Notes -- $t Select bibliography -- $t Index.
520    $a A remarkable journey of discovery that rewrites our understanding of history.
650  0 $a Discoveries in geography $x Chinese.
650  0 $a Voyages around the world.
651  0 $a China $x History $y Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
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