1421 : the year China discovered America /
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| Lingua: | English |
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New York, NY :
W. Morrow,
c2003.
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| Edizione: | 1. U.S. edition |
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| Accesso online: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004556241-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2004556241-b.html |
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Sommario:
- I. Imperial China. The Emperor's grand plan
- A thunderbolt strikes
- The fleets set 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
- VII. Portugal inherits the crown. Where the Earth ends
- Colonizing the New World
- On the shoulders of giants
- Epilogue : the Chinese legacy
- Postscript
- Appendix 1. Chinese circumnavigation of the world, 1421-3 : index of supporting evidence
- Appendix 2. Eyewitness diaries
- Appendix 3. Key charts describing the first navigation of the world
- Appendix 4. The determination of longitude by the Chinese in the early fifteenth century.