Gavin Menzies 1434 2008 Retail eBook-BitBook torrent

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The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy & Ignited the Renaissance |
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| DATE: 2012-07-07 SIZE: 9,94MB DISKS: 03_______4,77MB PAGES: |
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| PUBLISHER: HarperCollins GENRE: History |
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| AUTHOR: Gavin Menzies |
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| FORMAT: PDF PROTECTION: DRM EDITION: |
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| LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 978-0-06-168699-3 |
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: The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning :
: reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the :
: roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth :
: century :
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: 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. :
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: Florence and Venice of the early fifteenth century were hubs of world :
: trade, attracting traders from across the globe. Based on years of :
: research, this marvelous history argues that a Chinese fleet—official :
: ambassadors of the emperor—arrived in Tuscany in 1434, where they were :
: received by Pope Eugenius IV in Florence. The delegation presented the :
: influential pope with a wealth of Chinese learning from a diverse range of :
: fields: art, geography (including world maps that were passed on to :
: Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan), astronomy, mathematics, :
: printing, architecture, steel manufacturing, military weaponry, and more. :
: This vast treasure trove of knowledge spread across Europe, igniting the :
: legendary inventiveness of the Renaissance, including the work of such :
: geniuses as da Vinci, Copernicus, Galileo, and more. :
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: In 1434, Gavin Menzies combines this long-overdue historical reexamination :
: with the excitement of an investigative adventure. He brings the reader :
: aboard the remarkable Chinese fleet as it sails from China to Cairo and :
: Florence, and then back across the world. Erudite and brilliantly reasoned,:
: 1434 will change the way we see ourselves, our history, and our world. :