1421：中国发现世界 1421:CHINA DISCOVERED THE WORLD
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作者： Gavin Menzies 著
出 版 社： Penguin
出版时间： 2004-11-1字数：版次： 1页数： 649印刷时间：开本： 32开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9780553815221包装： 平装内容简介
Compelling evidence that the Chinese were the first great maritime explorers -- not the Europeans. Rewrite the history books!
In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, huge junks nearly 500 feet long and built from the finest teak, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di?s loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the globe.
When they returned, Zhu Di had lost power and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world. The great ships rotted and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They had also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia 350 years before Cook, and solved the problem of longitude 300 years before the Europeans.
In this fascinating historical detective story, Gavin Menzies shares the remarkable account of his discoveries and the incontrovertible evidence supporting them.
目录
LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
LIST OF PLATES
CHINESE NOMENCLATURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I lmperial China
1 THE EMPEROR'S GRAND PLAN
2 A THUNDERBOLT STRIKES
3 THE FLEETS SET SAIl
II The Cuiding Stars
4 ROUNDING THE CAPE
5 THE NEW WORLD
III The Voyage of Hong Bsao
6 VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA AND AUSTRALIA
IV The Voyage of Zhou Man
7 AUSTRALIA
8 THE BARRIER REEF AND THE SPICE ISLANDS
9 THE FIRST COLONY IN THE AMERICAS
10 COLONIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA
V The Voyage of Zhou Wen
11 SATNAS ISLAND
12 THE TREASURE FLEET RUNS AGROUND
13 SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA
14 EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE
VI The Voyage of Yang Qing
VII Portugal inherits the Crown
EPILOGUE THE CHINESE LEGACY
POSTSCRIPT
APPENDICES
NOTES
INDEX
