This documentary examines the controversial theory that a Chinese Ming Dynasty fleet, led by Zheng He, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope and crossed the Atlantic to discover the Americas, decades before Christopher Columbus.
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Title: 1421: The Year China Discovered America? (TV Movie 2004)
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Larry Belling | ... | Narrator |
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Esmond Bradley Martin | ... | Self - World Wide Fund for Nature (as Dr Esmond Bradley Martin) |
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This documentary examines the controversial theory that a Chinese Ming Dynasty fleet, led by Zheng He, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope and crossed the Atlantic to discover the Americas, decades before Christopher Columbus.
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ming dynasty | controversy | pre columbian | spice trade | discovery of america |Genres:
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2004 (USA) See more »Edit
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