1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance, Gavin Menzies
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- 1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance, Gavin Menzies
- Title remainder
- the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance
- Statement of responsibility
- Gavin Menzies
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index
- Contents
- Setting the scene -- A last voyage -- The emperor's ambassador -- The fleets are prepared for the voyage to the Barbarians -- Zheng He's navigators' calculation of latitude and longitude -- Voyage to the Red Sea -- Cairo and the Red Sea-Nile Canal -- China ignites the Renaissance -- To the Venice of Niccolo Da Conti -- Paolo Toscanelli's Florence -- Toscanelli meets the Chinese ambassador -- Columbus's and Magellan's world maps -- The world maps of Johannes Schoner, Martin Waldseemuller, and Admiral Zheng He -- Toscanell's new astronomy -- The Florentine mathematicians: Toscanelli, Nicholas of Cusa, and Regiomontanus -- Leon Battista Alberti and Leonard Da Vinci -- Leonardo Da Vinci and Chinese inventions -- Leonardo, Di Giorgio, Taccola, and Alberti -- Silk and rice -- Grand canals: China and Lombardy -- Firearms and steel -- Printing -- China's contribution to the Renaissance -- China's legacy -- Tragedy on the high seas: Zheng He's fleet destroyed by a Tsunami -- The conquistadores' inheritance: Our Lady of Victory
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 368 p., [24] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780061492174
- Lccn
- 2008001492
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), col. maps
- Record ID
- .b10640022
- System control number
- (OCoLC)191090290
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