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1421, El Ano En Que China Descubrio El Mundo/ 1421: the Year China Discovered the World
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Paperback
Italian edition edition from Debolsillo (February 28, 2006)
9788497935081 | details & prices | 603 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Argues convincingly that a fleet of huge, five hundred feet long Chinese junks built from the finest teak sailed under the direct orders of Emperor Zhu Di on the 8th of March, 1421, beginning a two-year voyage, during which time the ships would reach Australia 350 years before Cook, discover Antarctica, land in the Americas 70 years before Columbus, solve the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans, and circumnavigate the globe a century before Magellan.
About: Argues convincingly that a fleet of huge, five hundred feet long Chinese junks built from the finest teak sailed under the direct orders of Emperor Zhu Di on the 8th of March, 1421, beginning a two-year voyage, during which time the ships would reach Australia 350 years before Cook, discover Antarctica, land in the Americas 70 years before Columbus, solve the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans, and circumnavigate the globe a century before Magellan.