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Who Discovered America: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas by Gavin Menzies
Format: mobi/epub
Length: 384 pages
Genre: History
Date: 8 October 2013
From Gavin Menzies, the author of the blockbuster New York Times bestseller 1421, comes a revolutionary new account of how the first humans came to North and South America. A groundbreaking new book that upends our understanding of history.
Distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas - offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America?
The iconoclastic historian's magnum opus, Who Discovered America, calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known 'discoveries' of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus.
In Who Discovered America, he combines meticulous research and an adventurer's spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient Asian seagoing tradition - most notably the Chinese - that dates as far back as 130,000 years ago.
Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the 'Beringia' theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.
Author:
Former British submarine commander and amateur historian, Menzies is most known for his book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World" which claims that the Chinese admiral Zheng He discovered America in 1421. In his follow up book "1434" He claims that the European Renaissance was sparked by the Chinese.