Gavin Menzies

Based on 15 years of in-depth research, "1421" traces the voyages of an extraordinary fleet of Chinese ships, whose crews actually charted America 70 years before Columbus. Four 8-page color inserts. 37 maps & diagrams.

The Year China Discovered America

1421

The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. After a chance conversation in Egypt in 2008, bestselling historian Gavin Menzies launched himself on a quest that would reveal the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis and her destruction. Through an examination of documentary and academic research, metallurgy, ancient shipbuilding and navigation techniques, artefacts and DNA evidence, Menzies slowly and painstakingly reveals a trading empire that spanned from the Great Lakes in North America to Kerala in India. And in doing so finally explains the incredible reality behind the legendary civilisation described by Plato and its disappearance. Reading like a real-life Indiana Jones story as ex-Royal Navy submarine captain Menzies travels round the world in pursuit of his goal, this is epic, iconoclastic popular history.

History's Greatest Mystery Revealed

The Lost Empire of Atlantis

Poses a controversial argument that China initiated the Renaissance, in a painstakingly researched chronicle that cites the appearance of Chinese ambassadors in early fifteenth-century Tuscany who met with Pope Eugenius IV and shared history-influencing maps and technology. 150,000 first printing.

The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

1434

Zheng He's Voyages to Xiyang

the secrets of history's most enduring mystery revealed

The lost empire of Atlantis

Ian Hudson

Combining in-depth research with an adventurer's spirit to present a radical rethinking and new revelations relating to the Beringia theory of how humans discovered, explored, and settled the American continent.

The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas

Who Discovered America?

Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic historian’s magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known “discoveries” of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. In Who Discovered America? he combines meticulous research and an adventurer’s spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient Asian seagoing tradition—most notably the Chinese—that dates as far back as 130,000 years ago. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the “Beringia” theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.

Pada 8 Maret 1421, armada laut terbesar yang pernah ada berlayar dari China. Panjang iring-iringannya sekitar lima ratus kaki, di bawah komando laksamana Kaisar Zhu Di. Tugas mereka: ‘berlayar hingga ke ujung dunia’. Pelayaran itu akan berlangsung dua tahun. Dan saat armada laut itu kembali, China memulai pengasingan dirinya yang panjang dari dunia luar yang baru saja ia taklukkan. Armada yang sangat besar itu dibiarkan teronggok. Catatan perjalanan mereka dimusnahkan. Musnah pula pengetahuan tentang China yang telah mengelilingi dunia seabad sebelum Magellan, sampai di Amerika tujuh puluh tahun sebelum Columbus, dan tiba ke Australia tiga ratus lima puluh tahun sebelum Cook. Sebagai hasil penelitian selama lima puluh tahun, buku ini adalah catatan luar biasa tentang perjalanan hebat Gavin Menzies dan temuan-temuannya. Ia menjadi bukti persuasif untuk memerkuat temuan-temuan tersebut: peta kuno, pengetahuan navigasi, astronomi, catatan penjelajah China yang masih ada dan navigator Eropa. Juga jejak yang ditinggalkan oleh armada tesebut. Setelah direvisi dan ditambahi bukti-bukti baru—termasuk bukti tentang armada China yang terdampar di South Island, Selandia Baru—buku 1421 ini menjadi sebuah karya legendaris dan cerdas. Ia melacak sejarah hingga mengubah pemahaman kita tentang penjelajahan dunia. Dengan buku ini, sejarah telah ditulis ulang.

1421 Saat China Menemukan Dunia

In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.

1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

Ruy Jugmann

Em 8 de março de 1421, a maior esquadra jamais vista pelo mundo zarpou de sua base na China. Os navios, gigantescos juncos de quase 150 metros de comprimento, construídos com a mais selecionada madeira de teca, eram capitaneados pelos leais almirantes eunucos do Imperador Zhu Di. Sua missão era 'seguir até os confins da terra para recolher tributos dos bárbaros de além-mar'. Sua jornada duraria mais de dois anos - os navios chineses, assim, aportaram na América 70 anos antes de Colombo, circunavegaram o globo um século antes de Magalhães, descobriram a Antártida, chegaram à Austrália 320 anos antes de Cook e solucionaram o problema da longitude 300 anos antes dos europeus. Toda essa história vem à tona no livro '1421 - O ano em que a China descobriu o mundo', escrito por Gavin Menzies após longos anos de pesquisas.

o ano em que a China descobriu o mundo

Silne państwo rządzone przez dziesięciu królów, ziemia rodząca równie wiele diamentów, co warzyw, najwspanialsza ze starożytnych cywilizacji, pochłonięta przez wody potopu - tak brzmi opis mitycznej Atlantydy. Czy można dojść prawdy po trzydziestu wiekach od zniknięcia tej fantastycznej wyspy z powierzchni ziemi? Gavin Menzies, niestrudzony odkrywca, z ogromną pasją zgłębiający sekrety historii, jak wielu przed nim uległ fascynacji tajemnicą i wyruszył na poszukiwania. Wykorzystuje archiwa, zabytki, badania naukowe, swoją wiedzę na temat budowy statków i starożytnej techniki nawigacji - wszystko po to, by rozwikłać zagadkę cywilizacji znanej tylko z opisu Platona, która w IX w. p.n.e. miała przypominać raj na ziemi, a potem nagle wskutek kataklizmu - na zawsze zniknąć pod wodą. Menzies krok po kroku odkrywa zdumiewającą prawdę, która wiąże się z niezwykle śmiałą tezą... Ten uczony detektyw w jednej osobie wzbogaca naszą wiedzę o przeszłości. „New York Daily News" Menzies zasługuje na nagrody Nobla i Pulitzera. Towarzysząc mu w odkrywaniu zagadek historii, odczuwamy dreszcz przygody. „San Bernardino Sun"

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