Translation of : 1421 : The Year China Discovered the World /
I. Imperial China -- 1. The Emperor's Grand Plan -- 2. A Thunderbolt Strikes -- 3. The Fleets Set Sail -- II. The Guiding Stars -- 4. Rounding the Cape -- 5. The New World -- III. The Voyage of Hong Bao -- 6. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- IV. The Voyage of Zhou Man -- 7. Australia -- 8. The Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands -- 9. The First Colony in the Americas -- 10. Colonies in Central America -- V. The Voyage of Zhou Wen -- 11. Satan's Island -- 12. The Treasure Fleet Runs Aground -- 13. Settlement in North America -- 14. Expedition to the North Pole -- pt. VI. The Voyage of Yang Qing -- 15. Solving the Riddle -- VII. Portugal Inherits the Crown -- 16. Where the Earth Ends -- 17. Colonizing the New World -- 18. On the Shoulders of Giants -- Epilogue: The Chinese Legacy -- App. 1. Chinese Circumnavigation of the World 1421-3 -- App. 2. Eyewitness Diaries -- App. 3. Key Charts -- App. 4. The Determination of Longitude -- App. 5. Further Information on Website.
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Discoveries in geography—Chinese.Voyages around the world.China—History—Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.