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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Gavin Menzies

Tags: history china discovery non-fiction

Description: A truly fascinating book about Chinese naval fleets who set out in 1421 and charted the entireA truly fascinating book about Chinese naval fleets who set out in 1421 and charted the entire world to some extent. Creating colonies, trade and maps, only to return to China to find their emperor overthrown, China closing off to trade and exploration for centuries. The European explorers who supposedly discovered Africa, Australia, Antarctica and the Americas actually did so with the Chinese charts in hand. A great read....

2005-09-12