![]() ![]() 429–462) includes thousands of items from the fields of archaeology, cartography, astronomy, and anthropology his footnotes and bibliography include publications in Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, and Hebrew. According to Menzies, proof of the passage of the Ming fleets to the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia is overwhelming and indisputable. 1402–1424), the third Ming emperor, to map coastlines, settle new territories, and establish a global maritime empire. Trained by Zheng He, the famous eunuch-admiral, Chinese captains carried out the orders of Zhu Di (r. He maintains that Gavin Menzies)four Chinese fleets, comprising twenty-five to thirty ships and at least 7,000 persons each, visited every part of the world except Europe between 14. In 1421: The Year China Discovered America (2002), aspires to rewrite world history on a grand scale. ![]()
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