Goodbye, Columbus!.
Jack Hitt.
- New York Times Magazine, 2003.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 1, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Goodbye, Columbus!, Jan. 5, 2003; pp. 18-21.
"Gavin Menzies is an amateur historian with a bold new book declaring that the Chinese discovered the New World in 1421. Was there really a Chinese junk near Sacramento?" (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines evidence based on historian Gavin Menzies's book "1421," which "boldly asserts that the Chinese discovered America 70 years before Columbus."
1522-3221;
Columbus Menzies Zheng He 1371-1433
Amateurism Booksellers and bookselling Cartography--History Discoveries in geography Explorers--Chinese Historians Historical geography Publishers and publishing