1421
by Gavin Menzies
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricaladventurerealisticlinearbig & variedall consuming questsocial commentary
Boxlist takeRealistic and expansive: a non-fiction book that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan.
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- Author
- Gavin Menzies
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 576
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- Open Library
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