1434. The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance, Paperback/Gavin Menzies

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. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Author(s): Gavin Menzies Number of pages: 416 Publication date: 2009 Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 31 Cover type: Paperback / softback