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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (P.S.)

作者: Gavin Menzies （加文·孟席斯）著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 2009-05

版次: 2

ISBN: 9780061492181

定价: 126.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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ThebrillianceoftheRenaissancelaidthefoundationofthemodernworld.TextbookstellusthatitcameaboutasaresultofarediscoveryoftheideasandidealsofclassicalGreeceandRome.ButnowbestsellinghistorianGavinMenziesmakesthestartlingargumentthatintheyear1434,China—thentheworld'smosttechnologicallyadvancedcivilization—providedthesparkthatsettheEuropeanRenaissanceablaze.Fromthatdateonward,EuropeansembracedChineseideas,discoveries,andinventions,allofwhichformthebasisofWesterncivilizationtoday.TheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorof1421combinesalong-overduehistoricalreexaminationwiththeexcitementofaninvestigativeadventure,bringingthereaderaboardtheremarkableChinesefleetasitsailsfromChinatoCairoandFlorence,andthenbackacrosstheworld.Eruditeandbrilliantlyreasoned,1434willchangethewayweseeourselves,ourhistory,andourworld. GavinMenziesisthegloballybestsellingauthorof1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredAmericaand1434:TheYearChinaIgnitedtheRenaissance.HisideashavebeenprofiledintheNewYorkTimes,NewYorkTimesMagazine,andWallStreetJournal,andhehaslecturedattheLibraryofCongress(Washington,D.C.),RoyalGeographicalSociety(London),NationalMaritimeMuseum(London),andGreatHallofthePeople(Beijing).HeservedintheRoyalNavyfornearlytwodecades,becomingasubmarinecaptain.HisknowledgeofseafaringandnavigationsparkedhisinterestintheepicvoyagesofChineseadmiralZhengHe,whichhedescribedin1421and1434.MenzieslivesinLondon,England. Introduction xi
I Setting the Scene
1 A Last Voyage
2 The Emperor's Ambassador
3 The Fleets are Prepared for the Voyage to the Barbarians
4 Zheng He's Navigators' Calculation of Latitude and Longitude
5 Voyage to the Red Sea
6 Cairo and the Red Sea-Nile Canal
II China Ignites the Renaissance
7 To the Venice of Niccolo da Conti
8 Paolo Toscanelli's Florence
9 Toscanelli Meets the Chinese Ambassador
10 Columbus's and Magellan's World Maps
11 The World Maps of Johannes Schoner, Martin Waldseemuller, and Admiral Zheng he
12 Toscanelli's New Astronomy
13 The Florentine Mathematicians Toscanelli, Nicholas of Cusa, and Regiomontanus
14 Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo Da Vinci
15 Leonardo Da Vinci and Chinese Inventions
16 Leonardo, Di Giorgio, Taccola, and Alberti
17 Silk and Rice
18 Grand Canals China and Lombardy
19 Firearms and Steel
20 Printing
21 China's Contriblition to the Renaissance
III China's Legacy
22 Tragedy on the High Seas Zheng he's Fleet Destroyed by a Tsunami
23 The Conquistadores' Inheritance our Lady of Victory
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions
Photograph Credits
Index
内容简介:
ThebrillianceoftheRenaissancelaidthefoundationofthemodernworld.TextbookstellusthatitcameaboutasaresultofarediscoveryoftheideasandidealsofclassicalGreeceandRome.ButnowbestsellinghistorianGavinMenziesmakesthestartlingargumentthatintheyear1434,China—thentheworld'smosttechnologicallyadvancedcivilization—providedthesparkthatsettheEuropeanRenaissanceablaze.Fromthatdateonward,EuropeansembracedChineseideas,discoveries,andinventions,allofwhichformthebasisofWesterncivilizationtoday.TheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorof1421combinesalong-overduehistoricalreexaminationwiththeexcitementofaninvestigativeadventure,bringingthereaderaboardtheremarkableChinesefleetasitsailsfromChinatoCairoandFlorence,andthenbackacrosstheworld.Eruditeandbrilliantlyreasoned,1434willchangethewayweseeourselves,ourhistory,andourworld.
作者简介:
GavinMenziesisthegloballybestsellingauthorof1421:TheYearChinaDiscoveredAmericaand1434:TheYearChinaIgnitedtheRenaissance.HisideashavebeenprofiledintheNewYorkTimes,NewYorkTimesMagazine,andWallStreetJournal,andhehaslecturedattheLibraryofCongress(Washington,D.C.),RoyalGeographicalSociety(London),NationalMaritimeMuseum(London),andGreatHallofthePeople(Beijing).HeservedintheRoyalNavyfornearlytwodecades,becomingasubmarinecaptain.HisknowledgeofseafaringandnavigationsparkedhisinterestintheepicvoyagesofChineseadmiralZhengHe,whichhedescribedin1421and1434.MenzieslivesinLondon,England.
目录:
Introduction xi
I Setting the Scene
1 A Last Voyage
2 The Emperor's Ambassador
3 The Fleets are Prepared for the Voyage to the Barbarians
4 Zheng He's Navigators' Calculation of Latitude and Longitude
5 Voyage to the Red Sea
6 Cairo and the Red Sea-Nile Canal
II China Ignites the Renaissance
7 To the Venice of Niccolo da Conti
8 Paolo Toscanelli's Florence
9 Toscanelli Meets the Chinese Ambassador
10 Columbus's and Magellan's World Maps
11 The World Maps of Johannes Schoner, Martin Waldseemuller, and Admiral Zheng he
12 Toscanelli's New Astronomy
13 The Florentine Mathematicians Toscanelli, Nicholas of Cusa, and Regiomontanus
14 Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo Da Vinci
15 Leonardo Da Vinci and Chinese Inventions
16 Leonardo, Di Giorgio, Taccola, and Alberti
17 Silk and Rice
18 Grand Canals China and Lombardy
19 Firearms and Steel
20 Printing
21 China's Contriblition to the Renaissance
III China's Legacy
22 Tragedy on the High Seas Zheng he's Fleet Destroyed by a Tsunami
23 The Conquistadores' Inheritance our Lady of Victory
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions
Photograph Credits
Index

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