by Gavin Menzies · William Morrow · tapa dura · ISBN 9780007269372
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In 1434, a Chinese fleet sailed to Italy, igniting the Renaissance. Historian Gavin Menzies argues that China, the world's most technologically advanced civilization at the time, provided the spark that ignited the European Renaissance. Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, which form the basis of western civilization today. This book explores how Chinese knowledge spread throughout Europe, influencing figures such as da Vinci, Copernicus, and Galileo.
Rowan Gavin Paton Menzies was a British submarine lieutenant-commander who authored books claiming that the Chinese sailed to America before Columbus. Historians have rejected Menzies' theories and assertions and have categorised his work as pseudohistory.
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