1421 : The Year China Discovered America Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction (2013) how their fates intertwine

how their fates intertwine

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1421 : The Year China Discovered America Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction (2013) how their fates intertwineOn 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. When it returned in 10 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political & economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings. Most records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost in China's