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Record #177234:
1421: the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies.
Title: | 1421: the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies. |
Author(s): | Menzies, Gavin. |
Date: | 2002. |
Publisher: | London: Bantam |
Abstract: | Uses early maps to piece together account of 1421-23 voyage by Chinese treasure fleets, which may have reached Antarctica, sub-Antarctic Islands, and Arctic Ocean. |
Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1421-43 Chinese. 528.9 -- Cartography. 912 -- Maps atlases, globes. 528.9(091) -- History of cartography. 93"04/14" -- Fifth to fifteenth centuries A.D. V -- History. (*2) -- Polar regions. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*721) -- Falkland Islands. (*78) -- Sub-Antarctic islands. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. (510) -- People's Republic of China. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*7) : 91(08)[1421-43] |
ISBN: | 0553815229 |
SPRI record no.: | 177234 |
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