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March 21 – Battle of Baugé: A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. [1] May 26 – Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son, Murad II.
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He was best known for his controversial book 1421: The Year...
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Events of 1421. March 21 – Battle of Baugé. A small French...
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Gavin Menzies, a former British Royal Navy officer, argues in the bestseller 1421: The Year China Discovered America, that squadrons from Zheng He's fleets, between 1421 and 1423, did indeed get...
Jan 8, 2003 · Facebook. Flipboard. Email. Columbus discovered America in 1492, any elementary school student will tell you. But an amateur historian says Chinese beat him to it in 1421. NPR's Bob Edwards...
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Feb 2, 2003 · Feb. 2, 2003. 1421. The Year China Discovered America. By Gavin Menzies. Illustrated. 552 pp. New York: William Morrow. $27.95. WITH verve and unflagging conviction, Gavin Menzies advances a...
Jan 1, 2002 · 1421: The Year China Discovered America. Gavin Menzies. 3.61. 14,643 ratings1,207 reviews. On 3/8/1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" & unite the whole world in Confucian harmony.
