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==Personal history== ==Personal history==
Menzies was born in London, England, though early editions of his book says on the dust jacket that he was born in China. This has since been rectified in recent editions.<ref name=4corners>{{cite web |title = Interview with Gavin Menzies| url = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1702333.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Interview with Gavin Menzies| url = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1702333.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}</ref> Menzies joined the ] in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. Menzies claims he sailed the routes sailed by ] and Captain ], while he was commander of the ] ] between 1968 and 1970, a contention questioned by some of his critics.<ref>{{cite web | title = Challenges to Menzies' nautical experience | url = http://www.1421exposed.com/html/library_of_congress.html | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}; see particularly note five of the Appendix.</ref> Menzies was born in London, England, though early editions of his book said on the dust jacket that he was born in China. This has since been rectified in recent editions and Menzies, when asked about it, said "Well, I went there when I was three weeks old. I mean, it's a mistake, I can't see it's material".<ref name=4corners>{{cite web |title = Interview with Gavin Menzies| url = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1702333.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Interview with Gavin Menzies| url = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1702333.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}</ref> Menzies joined the ] in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. Menzies claims he sailed the routes sailed by ] and Captain ], while he was commander of the ] ] between 1968 and 1970, a contention questioned by some of his critics.<ref>{{cite web | title = Challenges to Menzies' nautical experience | url = http://www.1421exposed.com/html/library_of_congress.html | accessdate = 2007-03-22}}; see particularly note five of the Appendix.</ref>


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Gavin Menzies
OccupationRetired Royal Navy Submarine Commander, author
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
Notable works1421: The Year China Discovered the World

Gavin Menzies (born 1937) is a retired British submarine commander and amateur historian best known as the author of the controversial book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, which asserts that ships from the Chinese fleet of admiral Zheng He traveled to the Americas prior to Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492 and circumnavigated the globe a century before Ferdinand Magellan as part of the era of Chinese exploration. This thesis has been discounted "as nonsense" by professional historians.

Personal history

Menzies was born in London, England, though early editions of his book said on the dust jacket that he was born in China. This has since been rectified in recent editions and Menzies, when asked about it, said "Well, I went there when I was three weeks old. I mean, it's a mistake, I can't see it's material". Menzies joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and served in submarines from 1959 to 1970. Menzies claims he sailed the routes sailed by Ferdinand Magellan and Captain James Cook, while he was commander of the diesel submarine HMS Rorqual between 1968 and 1970, a contention questioned by some of his critics.


Books

Footnotes

  1. Reuters UK. "Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci." Tue Jul 29, 2008.
  2. "The 1421 myth exposed". Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  3. "Zheng He in the Americas and Other Unlikely Tales of Exploration and Discovery". Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  4. "1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies". Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  5. Finlay, Robert (2004). "How Not to (Re)Write World History: Gavin Menzies and the Chinese Discovery of America". Journal of World History. 15 (2). {{cite journal}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. "Interview with Gavin Menzies". Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  7. "Interview with Gavin Menzies". Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  8. "Challenges to Menzies' nautical experience". Retrieved 2007-03-22.; see particularly note five of the Appendix.

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Critics

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