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1421: The Year China Discovered the World

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.

Top Cast

  • Larry Belling

    Larry Belling

    Narrator

  • Esmond Bradley Martin

    Esmond Bradley Martin

Overview

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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