加文·孟席斯,英国皇家海军退伍军官。1937年生于中国,两年后因第二次世界大战爆发始离开。1953年加入英国皇家海军,1957年在“钻石”号驱逐舰上服役于地中海海域。1959年,在“纽芬兰”号上担任航海指挥官,服役于远东海域。1960年调到“决心”号战略导弹核潜艇,任作战官。1968年担任“鳁鲸”号潜艇艇长,被授予海军中校,执行全球航行访问任务。在皇家海军的服役期间,他曾率舰沿着世界上伟大的航海家哥伦布、迪亚斯、卡布拉尔和达·伽马的航线行遍世界。退伍之后,他曾多次走访中国与亚洲各国,专注于中国明代郑和航海的调查与研究。
加文·孟席斯先生已婚,有二女,现寓居于伦敦北部。
发表于2025-03-06
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你們為什麼會相信連中文、中國史、氣候、 中國地圖史都不太懂的老外的片面之辭? 他根本都是只看英文資料押! 英文資料又是中文翻譯過去的, 而他又束扯西扯的憶測, 你們問問做外國史研究的學者,有那一個是不懂該國語言,或當時語言文字的而進行研究的呢??因為不懂該...
评分这本书不算是一本好看的书,但是让人想读完。这么多年以来中国没有人用做学问的眼光来看待中国历史上的文功武治背后辉煌的自然科学进步。于是又一个外国人写了这样一本书。 郑和的故事在我们这辈人的脑袋中和2005年的纪念中是一个故事,而不是一个科技发展的经典。这个问题...
评分 评分作为中国人,看完这本书,也许觉得蛮自豪的,原来,郑和不仅仅之到了东非,还发现了整个世界?可是,即使作者的种种考证都是确实的,发现世界的荣誉最后落在了郑和落在了中国人身上又如何呢?名固然重要,利却是需要获得的。当葡萄牙西班牙人在跌跌撞撞的出洋时,我们却在销毁...
图书标签: 历史 航海 中国 英语 1421 歷史 Menzies 明朝
On March 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" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony.</p>
When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost in China's long, self-imposed isolation that followed was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America seventy years before Columbus and had circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. Also concealed was how the Chinese colonized America before the Europeans and transplanted in America and other countries the principal economic crops that have fed and clothed the world.</p>
Unveiling incontrovertible evidence of these astonishing voyages, 1421 rewrites our understanding of history. Our knowledge of world exploration as it has been commonly accepted for centuries must now be reconceived due to this landmark work of historical investigation.</p>
A must read for anyone interested in world history. Very convincing argument. Pure pleasure. Menzies could have done a better job if he had some background in the Chinese language.
评分参考书目中有些书倒还不错。一个外国人,不远万里……这是神马精神?还是有不少值得学习的地方啦,不要一棒子打死哈。
评分用很学术的行文描述1421年中国航海大业的。。。小说!一到关键时候,证据就缺席。这当然是小说才会出现的事。其中不乏奇趣,比如历史上某国的男士们会在私处嵌入珠饰以取悦女方,皇宫贵族们用宝石,草根们用普通珠子。啧啧
评分A must read for anyone interested in world history. Very convincing argument. Pure pleasure. Menzies could have done a better job if he had some background in the Chinese language.
评分中国非常了不起的成就却要一个英国人去向全世界昭告。
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