1434 by Gavin Menzies

1434 : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007269556 : 0007269552 : 07 May 2009 : 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.