text 1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance
- Summary
- The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes th... Read more
- Contents
- Setting the scene -- A last voyage -- The emperor's ambassador -- The fleets are prepared for the voyage to the Barbarians -- Zheng He's navigators' calculation of latitude and longitude -- Voyage to the Red Sea -- Cairo and the Red Sea-Nile Canal... Read more
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- Description
- xvi, 368, 32 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial 2009
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 945.05 MEN in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 945.05 MEN in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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