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A review by kimball_hansen
1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies
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.