1421: The Year China Discovered America
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841887004497
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: PBS (Direct)
Manufacturer: PBS (Direct)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PBS (Direct)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 18004
Studio: PBS (Direct)
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
Description:
This special examines the theories outlined by Gavin Menzies in his best-selling book. An amateur historian and former submarine commander in the British Navy, Menzies poses an argument that could change the way we perceive global history forever -- that Chinese admirals discovered America and Chinese junks first circled the earth. Traveling across the continent, the film combines history, science and technology with adventure and exploration.
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- ChinaThis is an excellent DVD program that provided some very useful information regarding the subject ... Read More
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- ??-1421-??I want to believe that the Chineese were the first to be in the Americas.
However, I do believe ... Read More
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- Surprisingly well-balanced approach to a controversial theory (a history teacher's review)I fully expected this DVD to be a whole-hearted film adaptation of the book without any criticism of the ... Read More
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- Critical Historical correction!Proof that Chinese sailors visited the Americas long before Columbus, and traveled far more of the world ... Read More
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- Almost UselessThe theory proposed by the person have been criticized by many scholars, including those appear in the DVD ... Read More
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