
1421
The Year China Discovered America
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Gavin Menzies
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony.
When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost in China's long, self-imposed isolation that followed was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America 70 years before Columbus and had circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. Also concealed was how the Chinese colonized America before the Europeans and transplanted in America and other countries the principal economic crops that have fed and clothed the world.
Unveiling incontrovertible evidence of these astonishing voyages, 1421 rewrites our understanding of history. Our knowledge of world exploration as it has been commonly accepted for centuries must now be reconceived due to this landmark work of historical investigation.
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Wow wow wow! Great book for lovers of history!
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Fascinating
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I saw many pictures of indigenous people and met indigenous descents in places of America.
They look Chinese to me. They are like a mixture of Europeans, Asians and Black.
They have Chinese eyes and brown skin which is a mixture of white and black.
But studying genetics we would know better.
Therefore a book of the Genoma project endorsed by the Science Academies around the world would be a trump.
Therefore I think that if it is to go forward we need to correct history.
I think the Europeans should be the Center because they are more beautiful and more intelligent and when they mix with black people it gets to be a beautiful image. So I am for the Status Quo.
But things can get better for everyone if we create a Universe that allows every race to develop well and have its Giselle Bundchën Über Model to open the hearts of the locked out as well as this book for the three Diamonds: Black, White and Yellow.
All these with the purpose to create understanding, acceptance, brotherhood and love to all; besides Science, Prosperity, etc.
So I am very much for this type of history.
Thank you.
I am very appreciative and admirer of people who went outside the comfort zone and had what probably was an intense work to compile all this.
Chinese discovers the Americas before the Europeans is the best idea I have ever seen.
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Truth can hurt!
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While the title and subtitle of a book like this could certainly produce instant skepticism, Mr. Menzies painstakingly brings out a wealth of archaeological, navigational, historical, and DNA evidence to buttress his assertions. For those not familiar with Chinese names, the audiobook can be a little difficult in spots, but the story is gripping and the narration is wonderful. By all means purchase and enjoy this book. I'm looking forward to other titles from this author and other readings by Simon Vance, too.
A compelling new way to understand the New World
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An argument for Chinese extended exploration.
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Very good, overall
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The new narrative
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Fascinating Theory
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Real history! Authentic thoughts!
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