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1421: The Year China Discovered America
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Social Studies School Service
PBS Video
Media Type:Videocassette
DVD
Release Date:2004
Audience:Higher Education
Secondary Education
Running Time:113 minutes
Language:English
Subject:History
Science, Technology, & the Environment
Subheading:History, Early (Before 17th Century)
Technology & Modernization
Region:East Asia
Country:China



Abstract:

This special examines the theories outlined by Gavin Menzies in his best-selling book. An amateur historian and former submarine commander in the British Navy, Menzies poses an argument that could change the way we perceive global history forever -- that Chinese admirals discovered America and Chinese junks first circled the earth. Traveling across the continent, the film combines history, science and technology with adventure and exploration.




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