Innbundet • 2002 • Engelsk • 1. utgave

1421: the year China discovered the world

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ISBN: 9780593050781

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On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was to unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the entire globe. When they returned Zhu Di had fallen from power and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so recently embraced. The great ships rotted at their moorings and the records of the...Vis mer

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Bantam Press

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2002

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Engelsk

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