Who Discovered America: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas

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Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americasoffering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America

The iconoclastic historians magnum opus, Who Discovered America calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known discoveries of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. In Who Discovered America he combines meticulous research and an adventurers spirit to reveal astounding new evidenceof an ancient Asian seagoing traditionmost notably the Chinesethat datesas far back as 130,000 years ago.

Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the Beringia theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.

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Gavin Menzies is the bestselling author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America; 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance; and The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed. He served in the Royal Navy between 1953 and 1970. His knowledge of seafaring and navigation sparked his interest in the epic voyages of Chinese admiral Zheng He. Menzies lives in London.