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1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance /
Author Menzies, Gavin.
Call Number 945.05 MEN
Publisher New York : William Morrow,
Subject Discoveries in geography -- Chinese.
Renaissance.
Europe -- Civilization -- Chinese influences.
Title Statement 1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance / Gavin Menzies.
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 368 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Summary 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--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today.--From amazon.com.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.
ISBN 9780061492174
0061492175
LCCN 2008001492
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