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Providence College - FALL Aug 2010 | ||
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 | 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (P.S.) (Reprint Edition) by Gavin Menzies Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-06-149218-3 / 0061492183 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-149218-1 / 9780061492181 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— | |