Un ex comandante de submarino británico e historiador aficionado que profundiza en narrativas históricas poco convencionales, desafiando líneas de tiempo y orígenes establecidos. Su trabajo propone que descubrimientos globales y movimientos culturales significativos se originaron en civilizaciones ajenas a la visión típicamente eurocéntrica. Incita a los lectores a cuestionar los relatos históricos aceptados explorando intrigantes teorías alternativas. El enfoque distintivo del autor busca desenterrar aspectos pasados por alto de la historia y remodelar nuestra comprensión de los acontecimientos pasados.
Tras el inmenso éxito de 1421, su autor nos ofrece otra asombrosa revisión de la historia con nuevas pruebas que sitúan las raíces del Renacimiento en los viajes de exploración chinos del siglo XV.
The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. Updated with thrilling new discoveries for the paperback.
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.
The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.
In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries.