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The Year China Discovered America
Book • 2002
In this book, Gavin Menzies presents a thesis that Chinese fleets, under the command of Admiral Zheng He, circumnavigated the globe and discovered the Americas a century before European explorers like Christopher Columbus.
Menzies claims that these fleets charted the world, including North and South America, and that their maps were later used by European explorers.
He also suggests that Chinese sailors and concubines settled in various parts of the world, including Malaysia, India, Africa, and the Pacific islands.
The book is based on Menzies' interpretation of historical evidence, including pre-Columbian maps, stone carvings, and DNA evidence, although his theories have been widely debunked by historians and scholars.
Menzies claims that these fleets charted the world, including North and South America, and that their maps were later used by European explorers.
He also suggests that Chinese sailors and concubines settled in various parts of the world, including Malaysia, India, Africa, and the Pacific islands.
The book is based on Menzies' interpretation of historical evidence, including pre-Columbian maps, stone carvings, and DNA evidence, although his theories have been widely debunked by historians and scholars.
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