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cindie's review against another edition
Figured out early on it was poorly sourced, shifted to reading it as if it was fiction but then it couldn’t hold my attention.
solaireastora's review against another edition
1.0
Poorly constructed, poorly reasoned garbage.
Not worth the time.
Not worth the time.
olevin84's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
I can definitely see why some people find this book to be nonfactual. I personally believe that most things mentioned in this book are in fact very factual. But there are instances where the author runs into a dead end of certain aspects of cartography by saying that a European nor other civilizations who are known for their explorations could’ve possibly been able to achieve or have the knowledge to achieve in drawing up these maps (that’s just one example), so therefore there’s only one group that did it and it has to be the Chinese. By and large I have nothing against his research, I think that in many areas of the book the author’s research is well done. Just that his, “Therefore, it must be/most likely were/could only be the Chinese”, leads me to believe that the author doesn’t know how to elaborate further on the subject.
kimball_hansen's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book but I needed to see the maps. Lots and lots of maps. That would have helped. The book really glamorizes China, almost too much. But why would they destroy everything that they did? And if they were so good how could they have retro-ceded? I suppose it's like the Dark Ages for Europe.
Notes:
Iron is found almost everywhere except for Central America.
In 1421, Greenland was a lot warmer than it was today and it had pastures and that's why the Chinese could cross over the north side of it to get to America. At least I think that's the route that they did.
Peru was originally a Chinese colony?
Horses were found in America well before Columbus. Take that BOM naysayers, you're wrong again.
Notes:
Iron is found almost everywhere except for Central America.
In 1421, Greenland was a lot warmer than it was today and it had pastures and that's why the Chinese could cross over the north side of it to get to America. At least I think that's the route that they did.
Peru was originally a Chinese colony?
Horses were found in America well before Columbus. Take that BOM naysayers, you're wrong again.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This book discusses Chinese voyages that reached the North American continent years before Columbus did. I was unaware that voyages such as these had taken place, probably due to my lacking American education that only focuses on Christopher Columbus, but it seems very reasonable that many other peoples could have voyaged that distance if Scandinavians also did. This book had a lot of information about the fall of the Chinese empire during this time, and it would have been a good book to read when I was in my Modern China class last term.
margyly's review against another edition
2.0
In this book, a retired submarine caption aims to prove that the Chinese circumnavigated the world and discovered all the continents in 1421-23 AD, then destroyed all records. I got the general idea within the first few chapters. What to believe? I don’t feel like doing the research to find out what’s bogus about it, but I don’t trust the author.
sarahmilan's review against another edition
2.0
It's interesting to read, but his theories have been criticized more than they have been acclaimed by historical scholars.