@COMMENT { BibTex package created from National Library of Australia Catalogue http://catalogue.nla.gov.au } @Book{ nla.cat-vn2224389, author = { Menzies, Gavin. }, title = { 1421 : the year China discovered the world / Gavin Menzies }, isbn = { 0593050789 }, publisher = { Bantam Press, London : }, pages = { xix, 520 p., [32] p. of plates : }, year = { 2002 }, type = { Book }, contents = { Introduction -- Part I. Imperial China: 1. The Emperor's grand plan; 2. A thunderbolt strikes; 3. The fleets set sail -- Part II. The Guiding Stars: 4. Rounding the cape; 5. The new world -- Part III. The Voyage of Hong Bao: 6. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia -- Part 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 -- Part 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 -- Part VI. The Voyage of Yang Qing: 15. Solving the riddle -- Part 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 -- Appendices: Chinese circumnavigations of the world, 1421-3; Eyewitness diaries; Key charts; The determination of longitude; Further information on website -- Notes -- Select bibliography }, language = { English }, subjects = { Discoveries in geography - Chinese.; China - History - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.; Voyages around the world. }, life-dates = { 2002 - }, catalogue-url = { http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2224389 }, }