Menzies, Gavin <br/><br/>
1421  : the year China discovered America 
 Fourteen twenty-one 
/ Gavin Menzies 
 - First U.S. edition 
 - xix, 552 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color), maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-536) and index. 
<br/><br/>I. Imperial China The emperor's grand plan A thunderbolt strikes The fleets set sail II. The guiding stars Rounding the cape The new world III. The voyage of Hong Bao Voyage to antarctica and australia IV. The voyage of Zhou Man	  Australia The barrier reef and the spice islands The first colony in the americas Colonies in Central America V. The voyage of Zhou Wen Satan's island The treasure fleet runs aground Settlement in North America Expedition to the North Pole VI. The voyage of Yang Qing Solving the riddle VII. Portugal inherits the crown Where the earth ends Colonizing the new world On the shoulders of giants Epilogue : the Chinese legacy 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060537639 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in geography--Chinese<br/>Voyages around the world
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>910.41