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1、THEYEARAMAGNIFICENTCHINESEFLEETSAILEDTOITALYANDIGNITEDTHERENAISSANCEGAVINMENZIESThisbookisdedicatedtomybelovedwife,Marcella,whohastraveledwithmeonthejourneysrelatedinthisbookandthroughlifeCONTENTSINTRODUCTIONviISettingtheScene1ALASTVOYAGE32THEEMPEROR’SAMBASSADOR73T
2、HEFLEETSAREPREPAREDFORTHEVOYAGETOTHEBARBARIANS174ZHENGHE’SNAVIGATORS’CALCULATIONOFLATITUDEANDLONGITUDE295VOYAGETOTHEREDSEA396CAIROANDTHEREDSEA–NILECANAL49IIChinaIgnitestheRenaissance7TOTHEVENICEOFNICCOLO`DACONTI638PAOLOTOSCANELLI’SFLORENCE839TOSCANELLIMEETSTHECHINE
3、SEAMBASSADOR9410COLUMBUS’SANDMAGELLAN’SWORLDMAPS10111THEWORLDMAPSOFJOHANNESSCHONER,¨MARTINWALDSEEMULLER,ANDADMIRAL¨ZHENGHE110PhotographicInsert112TOSCANELLI’SNEWASTRONOMY13213THEFLORENTINEMATHEMATICIANS:TOSCANELLI,NICHOLASOFCUSA,ANDREGIOMONTANUS141CONTENTS14LEONBAT
4、TISTAALBERTIANDLEONARDODAVINCI15515LEONARDODAVINCIANDCHINESEINVENTIONS166PhotograhicInsert2p16LEONARDO,DIGIORGIO,TACCOLA,ANDALBERTI17717SILKANDRICE19718GRANDCANALS:CHINAANDLOMBARDY20619FIREARMSANDSTEEL21620PRINTING23121CHINA’SCONTRIBUTIONTOTHERENAISSANCE238IIIChina
5、’sLegacy22TRAGEDYONTHEHIGHSEAS:ZHENGHE’SFLEETDESTROYEDBYATSUNAMI257PhotograhicInsert3p23THECONQUISTADORES’INHERITANCE:OURLADYOFVICTORY278Acknowledgments289Notes311Bibliography331Permissions347PhotographCredits351Index353AbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyGavinMenziesCredits
6、CoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherivCHINESENOMENCLATUREMostnamesarerenderedinPinyin,whichisnowstandardinChina—forexample,themodernspellingMaoZedong,notMaoTse-tung.Forsimplicity,however,IhaveretainedtheolderformofRomanizationknownasWade-Giles,fornamesthathavelongbeenfa
7、miliartoWest-ernreaders.TheWuPeiChi,forinstance,ismorereadilyrecognizedthantheWuBeiZhi.IhavealsokeptthemoreestablishedspellingsofCantoneseplace-names,writingofHongKongandCanton,ratherthanXianggangandGuangzhou.Inscriptionsonnavigationalchartshavebeenleftintheolderfo
8、rm,ashaveacademictextsinthebibliog-raphy.INTRODUCTIONnethingthatgreatlypuzzledmewhenwriting1421wastheOlackofcuriosityamongmanyprofessionalhistori
