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Doc
Keeper of the Scrolls
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I have just finished reading a book that Stanley kindly gave me to read, to be honest at first glance I thought it wasn't my sort of book, however after reading a few pages I became fascinated by its tales of world history and adventure, so much so that I finshed the book in a few days (650 pages).
Here's a brief outline of what the book is about....Taken off the back cover
1421 The Year China Discovered the World
Gavin Menzies
Published by Bantam Press, London
"...On the 8th of March, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, huge junks nearly five hundred feet long and built from the finest teak, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was 'to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas' and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. The journey would last over two years and circle the globe.
When they returned Zhu Di lost control and China was beginning its long, self-imposed isolation from the world it had so recently embraced. The great ships rotted at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America seventy years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. They had also discovered Antarctica, reached Australia three hundred and fifty years before Cook and solved the problem of longitude three hundred years before the Europeans..."
TTFN - Doc
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Doc
Keeper of the Scrolls
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Posted - 19/08/2005 : 00:52
His evidence for the above is quite compelling, the research exhaustive and if true, which I think it is, the history of the world's discoveries should be re-written.
TTFN - Doc
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Stevie
Mad Woman of Thornton
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Posted - 19/08/2005 : 02:24
......... five minutes away from the site, and I return to hear that Stan's now giving out homework!
Since when did a synopsis taken from the back cover of a book constitute a review of its content Doc?
Who else loves the word 'Pedantic' .......... look it up Ringo!
Oh! It's nice to be back!
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 19/08/2005 : 08:54
He's done better than I have, I'm on page 127....... He's right, it's an eye-opener of a book.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Ringo
Site Administrator
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Posted - 19/08/2005 : 11:20
Nice to see that Stevie's back
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
36804 Posts
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Posted - 19/08/2005 : 16:40
Menzies has put a lot of evidence on his site www.1421.tv
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Stevie
Mad Woman of Thornton
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Posted - 22/08/2005 : 02:13
I know Im going to sound 'Blonde' here but Stan, how are you on page 127 when Doc has the actual book? Is it possible your eyes may have glazed over at that point and unlike Doc who simply skipped straight to the last few pages, you gave up and passed it on to him!
I would suggest you test him on the middle pages, my money says he will look blank!
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 22/08/2005 : 08:00
I bought the paperbback and it was not well-produced so I went on Bookfinder and got a first edition hardback signed by the author for less money. As the book is about ships I thought Himself would get into it so I gave him the paperback. Least I could do, he does enough for me.........
Stanley Challenger Graham
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