1421: The Year China Discovered America

By Gavin Menzies

Categories: History

1421: The Year China Discovered America is retired submarine commander Gavin Menzies's argument that Chinese fleets sailed the world decades before European explorers. Menzies claims that the great treasure fleets of the Ming dynasty, led by admirals under Zheng He, reached the Americas, Australia and Antarctica between 1421 and 1423. He draws on old maps, artifacts and navigation to make his case. Most historians reject its conclusions.

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