1421

图书标准信息

• 作者 Gavin Menzies 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 2014-01
• ISBN 9780060537630
• 定价 261.10元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 576页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

On8February1421thelargestfleettheworldhadeverseensailedfromitsbaseinChina.Theships,500footlongjunksmadefromthefinestteakandmahogany,wereledbyEmperorZhuDi'sloyaleunuchadmirals.Theirmissionwas"toproceedallthewaytotheendoftheearthtocollecttributefromthebarbariansbeyondtheseas"andunitethewholeworldinConfucianharmony.Theirjourneywouldlastovertwoyearsandcircletheentireglobe.WhentheyreturnedZhuDihadfallenfrompowerandChinawasbeginningitslong,self-imposedisolationfromtheworldithadsorecentlyembraced.Thegreatshipsrottedattheirmooringsandtherecordsoftheirjourneysweredestroyed.LostwastheknowledgethatChineseshipshadreachedAmerica70yearsbeforeColumbusandcircumnavigatedtheglobeacenturybeforeMagellan.TheyhasalsodiscoveredAntarctica,reachedAustralia350yearsbeforeCookandsolvedtheproblemoflongitude300yearsbeforetheEuropeans.GavinMenzieshasspent15yearstracingtheastonishingvoyagesoftheChinesefleet.Inthishistoricaldetectivestory,hesharestheaccountofhisdiscoveriesandtheincontrovertibleevidencetosupportthem.Hisnarrativebringstogetherancientmaps,precisenavigationalknowledge,astronomyandthesurvivingaccountsbyChineseexplorersandthelaterEuropeannavigators.ItbringstolighttheartefactsandinscribedstandingstonesleftbehindbytheEmperor'sfleet,theevidenceofsunkenjunksalongitsrouteandtheornatevotiveofferingsleftbytheChinesesailorswherevertheylanded,inthankstoShaoLin,goddessofthesea.

【作者简介】

GavinMenzieswasbornin1937andlivedinChinafortwoyearsbeforetheSecondWorldWar.HejoinedtheRoyalNavyin1953andservedinsubmarinesfrom1959to1970.AsajuniorofficerhesailedtheworldinthewakeofColumbus,Dias,CabralandVascodaGama.WhenincommandofHMSRorqual(1968-1970),hesailedtheroutespioneeredbyMagellanandCaptainCook.SinceleavingtheRoyalNavy,hehasreturnedtoChinaandtheFarEastmanytimes,andinthecourseofresearching1421hehasvisited120countries,over900museumsandlibrariesandeverymajorseaportofthelateMiddleAges.GavinMenziesismarriedwithtwodaughters.