1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
出版时间:
2009-04
ISBN:
9780007269556
定价:
106.30
装帧:
精装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
416页
正文语种:
英语
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Inhisbestsellingbook1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredtheWorld,GavinMenziesrevealedthatitwastheChinesethatdiscoveredAmerica,notColumbus.NowhepresentsfurtherastonishingevidencethatitwasalsoChineseadvancesinscience,art,andtechnologythatformedthebasisoftheEuropeanRenaissanceandourmodernworld.Inhisbestsellingbook1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredtheWorld,GavinMenziespresentedcontroversialandcompellingevidencethatChinesefleetsbeatColumbus,CookandMagellantotheNewWorld.ButhisresearchhasledhimtoastonishingnewdiscoveriesthatChineseinfluenceonWesternculturedidn’tstopthere.Untilnow,scholarshaveconsideredthattheItalianRenaissance-thebasisofourmodernWesternworld-cameaboutasaresultofare-examiningtheideasofclassicalGreeceandRome.However,astunningreappraisalofhistoryisabouttobepublished.GavinMenziesmakesthestartlingargumentthatasophisticatedChinesedelegationvisitedItalyin1434,sparkedtheRenaissance,andforeverchangedthecourseofWesterncivilization.AfterthatdatetheauthorityofAristotleandPtolemywasoverturnedandartisticconventionschallenged,aswasArabicastronomyandcartography.FlorenceandVeniceofthe15thcenturyattractedtradersfromacrosstheworld.MenziespresentsastonishingevidencethatalargeChinesefleet,officialambassadorsoftheEmperor,arrivedinTuscanyin1434wheretheymetwithPopeEugeniusIVinFlorence.AmassofinformationwasofferedbytheChinesedelegationtothePopeandhisentourage-concerningworldmaps(whichMenziesargueswerelatergiventoColumbus),astronomy,mathematics,art,printing,architecture,steelmanufacture,civilengineering,militarymachines,surveying,cartography,genetics,andmore.ItwasthisgiftofknowledgethatsparkedtheinventivenessoftheRenaissance-DaVinci'sinventions,theCopernicanrevolution,Galileo,etc.Following1434,EuropeansembracedChineseintellectualideas,discoveries,andinventions,whichformedthebasisofEuropeancivilizationjustasmuchasGreekthoughtandRomanlaw.Inshort,ChinaprovidedthesparkthatsettheRenaissanceablaze.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle. Theauthorof1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredAmerica,GavinMenzieswasbornin1937andlivedinChinafortwoyearsbeforetheSecondWorldWar.HejoinedtheRoyalNavyin1953andservedinsubmarinesfrom1959to1970.SinceleavingtheRoyalNavy,hehasreturnedtoChinaandtheFarEastmanytimesandinthecourseofresearching1421hehasvisited120countries,over900museumsandlibrariesandeverymajorseaportofthelateMiddleAges.MenziesismarriedwithtwodaughtersandlivesinNorthLondon.
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内容简介:
Inhisbestsellingbook1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredtheWorld,GavinMenziesrevealedthatitwastheChinesethatdiscoveredAmerica,notColumbus.NowhepresentsfurtherastonishingevidencethatitwasalsoChineseadvancesinscience,art,andtechnologythatformedthebasisoftheEuropeanRenaissanceandourmodernworld.Inhisbestsellingbook1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredtheWorld,GavinMenziespresentedcontroversialandcompellingevidencethatChinesefleetsbeatColumbus,CookandMagellantotheNewWorld.ButhisresearchhasledhimtoastonishingnewdiscoveriesthatChineseinfluenceonWesternculturedidn’tstopthere.Untilnow,scholarshaveconsideredthattheItalianRenaissance-thebasisofourmodernWesternworld-cameaboutasaresultofare-examiningtheideasofclassicalGreeceandRome.However,astunningreappraisalofhistoryisabouttobepublished.GavinMenziesmakesthestartlingargumentthatasophisticatedChinesedelegationvisitedItalyin1434,sparkedtheRenaissance,andforeverchangedthecourseofWesterncivilization.AfterthatdatetheauthorityofAristotleandPtolemywasoverturnedandartisticconventionschallenged,aswasArabicastronomyandcartography.FlorenceandVeniceofthe15thcenturyattractedtradersfromacrosstheworld.MenziespresentsastonishingevidencethatalargeChinesefleet,officialambassadorsoftheEmperor,arrivedinTuscanyin1434wheretheymetwithPopeEugeniusIVinFlorence.AmassofinformationwasofferedbytheChinesedelegationtothePopeandhisentourage-concerningworldmaps(whichMenziesargueswerelatergiventoColumbus),astronomy,mathematics,art,printing,architecture,steelmanufacture,civilengineering,militarymachines,surveying,cartography,genetics,andmore.ItwasthisgiftofknowledgethatsparkedtheinventivenessoftheRenaissance-DaVinci'sinventions,theCopernicanrevolution,Galileo,etc.Following1434,EuropeansembracedChineseintellectualideas,discoveries,andinventions,whichformedthebasisofEuropeancivilizationjustasmuchasGreekthoughtandRomanlaw.Inshort,ChinaprovidedthesparkthatsettheRenaissanceablaze.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
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作者简介:
Theauthorof1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredAmerica,GavinMenzieswasbornin1937andlivedinChinafortwoyearsbeforetheSecondWorldWar.HejoinedtheRoyalNavyin1953andservedinsubmarinesfrom1959to1970.SinceleavingtheRoyalNavy,hehasreturnedtoChinaandtheFarEastmanytimesandinthecourseofresearching1421hehasvisited120countries,over900museumsandlibrariesandeverymajorseaportofthelateMiddleAges.MenziesismarriedwithtwodaughtersandlivesinNorthLondon.
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