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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

Written By : Gavin Menzies
Narrated By : Simon Vance
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 9 hours 54 minutes
Categories : Ancient
World
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Gavin Menzies presents astonishing new evidence that it was Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that set the European Renaissance ablaze.

In 1434, a large Chinese fleet arrived in Tuscany. Official ambassadors of the Chinese Emperor met with Pope Eugenius IV and shared a wealth of Chinese knowledge, including world maps (which were later given to Columbus), astronomy, mathematics, art, printing, architecture, civil engineering, military machines, surveying cartography, and genetics. This gift of knowledge sparked the inventiveness of the Renaissance-Da Vinci’s inventions, the Copernican revolution, Galileo’s discoveries, and much more.

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