1434 the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance
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 the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--th...
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New York
William Morrow
c2008.
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