Most scholars believe that the fleet of treasure ships commissioned by Chinese Emperor Zhu Di sailed only in the Indian Ocean and South China Seas. Although scholars of Chinese history have long known of Admiral Zheng He’s voyages, Menzies is the first person to claim that the Chinese sailed around the whole world. In 520 pages, Menzies puts together a fantastic account of seven incredible voyages. This book puts forward the claim that Chinese admirals traveled around the world visiting every corner of the globe in 1421. A world wide embargo restricts these results from being made public until March 22nd 2006.Book Review: 1421, The Year China Discovered the World, by Gavin Menzies, Bantam Press, 2002
Exclusive DVD features include the dramatic and shocking results of the recent carbon dating carried out on the newly discovered map. Part forensic investigation and part historical mystery 1421 is a fascinating, gripping and dramatic journey through a modern day controversy and into a brave new world. With in-depth investigations that delve deep into historical archives from around the globe, this extraordinary film re-traces the journeys of Zheng He alongside a wealth of evidence and contemporary historical accounts presented by modern scholars while examining bestselling author and historian Gavin Menzies' remarkable evidence which sets out to prove that the Chinese discovered America long before Columbus. Did He beat Columbus to America by 71 years? 1421: The Year China Discovered The World? is a fascinating and compelling documentary which is currently re-writing history. Three continents that history records were not discovered until many years later.
Lands that include the Americas, Australia and Antarctica. 600 years later, in a small Chinese store, a copy of a 1418 map delicately drawn on bamboo paper is discovered detailing Hes epic voyages and the lands his expedition circumnavigated. At the height of the Ming Dynasty, China's most celebrated mariner, Admiral Zheng He sailed the world's largest wooden armada, nearly 300 ships, in an epic voyage of discovery and trade.
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