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Publication Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xix, 552 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed....
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Publication Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
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Combining in-depth research with an adventurer's spirit to present a radical rethinking and new revelations relating to the Beringia theory of how humans discovered, explored, and settled the American continent.
16) Amérique du Nord: une vielle histoire remise a flot: le pays de fou-sang des chroniques chinoises
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Publication Date
1863-80
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P. [253]-268 ; 18 cm.
