2011, ISBN: 9780374117405

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New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. xvi, 368 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edit… Mehr…

New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. xvi, 368 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with a soft crease/front flap. "The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth century. The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today. Florence and Venice of the early fifteenth century were hubs of world trade, attracting traders from across the globe. Based on years of research, this marvelous history argues that a Chinese fleet--official ambassadors of the emperor--arrived in Tuscany in 1434, where they were received by Pope Eugenius IV in Florence. The delegation presented the influential pope with a wealth of Chinese learning from a diverse range of fields: art, geography (including world maps that were passed on to Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan), astronomy, mathematics, printing, architecture, steel manufacturing, military weaponry, and more. This vast treasure trove of knowledge spread across Europe, igniting the legendary inventiveness of the Renaissance, including the work of such geniuses as da Vinci, Copernicus, Galileo, and more. In 1434, Gavin Menzies combines this long-overdue historical reexamination with the excitement of an investigative adventure. He brings the reader aboard the remarkable Chinese fleet as it sails from China to Cairo and Florence, and then back across the world. Erudite and brilliantly reasoned, 1434 will change the way we see ourselves, our history, and our world. / The author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies was born in England and lived in China for two years before the Second World War. He joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. Since leaving the Royal Navy, he has returned to China and Asia many times, and in the course of his research, he has visited 120 countries, more than 900 museums and libraries, and every major seaport of the late Middle Ages. Menzies is married with two daughters and lives in North London." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008, 3, China: Anova Books, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. Oblong 4to. The New York landmarks remembered here include Coney Island's "Elephant Colossus," an elephant-shaped hotel rumored to be a brothel and destroyed by fire in 1896; the Manhattan Beach Hotel; South Street Seaport; Stanford White's Madison Square Garden; the Vanderbilt, Tiffany, and Astor mansions; Central Park's elevated railway; the first Waldorf Astoria Hotel; the 1939 World's Fair site; Manhattan Train Terminal on Brooklyn Bridge; Ebbet's Field-home of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and the Polo Grounds-home of the NY Giants baseball team. This collection celebrates old theaters and hotels that have burned or been razed, vanished ferry buildings, removed-from-service trolley cars, classic art deco diners, and the demolition that sparked a strong preservation movement in the city: Pennsylvania Station.., Anova Books, 2011, 3.5, Mystic Seaport Museum. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0913372773 . Color and b/w illustrations. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 317 pp; Maritime ., Mystic Seaport Museum, 1996, 4.5, U.S.A: Harper Perennial, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Originally published in Great Britain in 2002. Four section of eight pages of full color illustrations on coated paper. Clean and bright wrappers with cover image by Steve Rawlings. A touch of wear to extremities, no creasing; solid, tight and square binding. Internals clean, no markings, no creasing. P.S. includes Interviews, features, and bio of author. Menzies has turned history as we know it on its ears--he has written a history book that re-writes our understanding of history--or an historical detective story? It seems like a mystery novel, but is a fundamental re-write of the history of fifteenth-century maritime exploration. Includes a list of maps and diagrams; list of plates; Chinese nomenclature. Gavin Menzies gives an account of China setting the largest fleet the world had ever seen to sea on March 8, 1421. They sailed to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas. When the fleet returned home the emperor had fallen, leaving China in chaos and the fleet rotting at their moorings and the records of their journeys destroyed. Menzies posits that China reached America 70 years before Columbus and had circumnavigated the globe before Magellan. In the course of his research for this book, Menzies visited 120 countries, more than 900 museums and libraries and every major seaport of the late Middle Ages. Menzies has sifted his way through remarkable materials. 6 x 9 inches. 650 pages Indexed with 16 pp of P.S. information and Appendices, and Notes. 2004, Harper Perennial, USA, Harper Perennial, 2004, 3, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the building and defense of the Burma Road"The Burma Road" tells the extraordinary story of the China-Burma-India theater of operations during World War II. As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at the war's outset--closing all of China's seaports--more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a seven-hundred-mile overland route--which would be called the Burma Road--from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But with the fall of Burma in early 1942, the Burma Road was severed, and it became the task of the newly arrived American General Stilwell to re-open it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma as the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan.In gripping prose, Donovan Webster follows the breathtaking adventures of the American "Hump" pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China; tells the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film "The Bridge on the River Kwai"; and recounts the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades. Interspersed with vivid portraits of the American General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the exceedingly eccentric British General Orde Wingate, and the mercurial Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, "The Burma Road" vividly re-creates the sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II. 370 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military; War::World War II. ISBN: 0374117403. ISBN/EAN: 9780374117405. Inventory No: 258417. . 9780374117405, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 0374117403

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[EAN: 9780374117405], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York], MILITARY BZDB43 MILITARY; WAR::WORLD WAR II. UNBRANDED ISBN: 0374117403 EAN: 9780374117405 DO… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780374117405], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York], MILITARY BZDB43 MILITARY; WAR::WORLD WAR II. UNBRANDED ISBN: 0374117403 EAN: 9780374117405 DONOVAN WEBSTER THE BURMA ROAD : EPIC STORY OF CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER IN WORLD II, Jacket, The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the building and defense of the Burma Road"The Burma Road" tells the extraordinary story of the China-Burma-India theater of operations during World War II. As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at the war's outset--closing all of China's seaports--more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a seven-hundred-mile overland route--which would be called the Burma Road--from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But with the fall of Burma in early 1942, the Burma Road was severed, and it became the task of the newly arrived American General Stilwell to re-open it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma as the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan.In gripping prose, Donovan Webster follows the breathtaking adventures of the American "Hump" pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China; tells the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film "The Bridge on the River Kwai"; and recounts the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades. Interspersed with vivid portraits of the American General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the exceedingly eccentric British General Orde Wingate, and the mercurial Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, "The Burma Road" vividly re-creates the sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II. 370 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military; War::World War II. ISBN: 0374117403. ISBN/EAN: 9780374117405. Inventory No: 258417., Books<

2003, ISBN: 9780374117405

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the buildi… Mehr…

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the building and defense of the Burma Road"The Burma Road" tells the extraordinary story of the China-Burma-India theater of operations during World War II. As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at the war's outset--closing all of China's seaports--more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a seven-hundred-mile overland route--which would be called the Burma Road--from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But with the fall of Burma in early 1942, the Burma Road was severed, and it became the task of the newly arrived American General Stilwell to re-open it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma as the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan.In gripping prose, Donovan Webster follows the breathtaking adventures of the American "Hump" pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China; tells the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film "The Bridge on the River Kwai"; and recounts the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades. Interspersed with vivid portraits of the American General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the exceedingly eccentric British General Orde Wingate, and the mercurial Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, "The Burma Road" vividly re-creates the sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II. 370 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military; War::World War II. ISBN: 0374117403. ISBN/EAN: 9780374117405. Inventory No: 258417. . 9780374117405, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003, 3<

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