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02279aam a2200361 a 4500 001 88971C54DA9011E4BEC786A7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150404010331 008 080702s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0061564893 020 $a 9780061564895 035 $a (OCoLC)233023442 040 $a FJD $c FJD $d YDXCP $d BAKER $d ITJCU $d UBF $d IAK $d SIN $d SILO 050 4 $a G322 $b .M456 2008 082 00 $a 910/.951/09024 $2 22 100 1 $a Menzies, Gavin. 245 10 $a 1421 $b the year China discovered America $c Gavin Menzies. 246 3 $a One thousand four hundred twenty-one. 246 3 $a Fourteen twenty-one. 246 30 $a Year China discovered America. 260 $a New York : $b Harper Perennial, $c 2008. 300 $a 649 p., [32] p. of plates $b ill. (some col.), maps $c 23 cm. 500 $a Originally published in Great Britain by: Transworld Publishers. 2002. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Chinese nomenclature -- Introduction -- I. Imperial China. The emperor's grand plan ; A thunderbolt strikes ; The fleet sets sail -- II. The guiding stars. Rounding the cape ; The new world -- III. The voyage of Hong Bao. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- IV. The voyage of Zhou Man. Australia ; The Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands ; The first colony in the Americas ; Colonies in Central America -- V. The voyage of Zhou Wen. Satan's Island ; The treasure fleet runs aground ; Settlement in North America ; Expedition to the North Pole -- VI. The voyage of Yang Qing. Solving the riddle -- Portugal inherits the crown. Where the earth end ; Colonizing the new world ; On the shoulders of giants -- Epilogue: The Chinese legacy -- Postscript -- Appendices. Chinese circumnavigation of the world 1421-3: synopsis of evidence ; The determination of longitude. 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 651 0 $a America $x Chinese $x Chinese 856 42 $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004295381-d.html $3 Publisher description $y Publisher description 941 $a 1 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20150404014000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=88971C54DA9011E4BEC786A7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search