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Gavin Menzies

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January 01, 1937 in London, The United Kingdom

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http://www.gavinmenzies.net/index.asp

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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.

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Books by Gavin Menzies

Average rating: 3.50 · 3,608 ratings · 670 reviews · 9 distinct works

	1421: The Year China Discovered America 3.52 avg rating — 3,172 ratings — published 2002 — 30 editions	My rating:
	1434 The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance 3.36 avg rating — 372 ratings — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed 3.48 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	1421: Chugoku Ga Shintairiku O Hakken Shita Toshi 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — expected publication 32767	My rating:
	1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance [With Headphones] by Gavin Menzies, Simon Vance (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed by Gavin Menzies, Gildart Jackson (Reading) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed by Gavin Menzies, Gildart Jackson (Reading) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Millstone Valley by Gavin Menzies, Menzies Elizabeth G. C. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1969	My rating:

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