PBS will be airing a documentary on Wednesday July 21st based on Gavin Menzies’ book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World (available from Amazon US/UK). The documentary investigates the theory that a Chinese admiral reached America 71 years before Columbus:
The documentary examines the mystery surrounding China’s legendary Zheng He and the spectacular Ming fleet of treasure junks he commanded in the early 15th century. The special provides a history of the known journeys of Zheng He’s fleet and an account of new information uncovered by Gavin Menzies, a former British submarine commander who has spent nine years trying to prove that Zheng He reached America decades before Columbus.
More information is available at the PBS website.
Chinese Discovered America?
