From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
I. Imperial China. The Emperor's grand plan A thunderbolt strikes The fleets set sail II. The guiding stars. Rounding the Cape The New World III. The voyage of Hong Bao. Voyage to Antarctica and Australia IV. The voyage of Zhou Man. Australia The Barrier Reef and the Spice Islands The first colony in the Americas Colonies in Central America V. The voyage of Zhou Wen. Satan's Island The treasure fleet runs aground Settlement in North America Expedition to the North Pole
VI. The voyage of Yang Qing. Solving the riddle
VII. Portugal inherits the crown. Where the Earth ends
On the shoulders of giants
Epilogue : the Chinese legacy
Appendix 1. Chinese circumnavigation of the world, 1421-3 : index of supporting evidence
Appendix 2. Eyewitness diaries
Appendix 3. Key charts describing the first navigation of the world
Appendix 4. The determination of longitude by the Chinese in the early fifteenth century.
