The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed - Rilegato

Menzies, Gavin

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ISBN 10: 0062049488 ISBN 13: 9780062049483

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2011

Riassunto

Exposing the shocking truth behind the mysterious "lost" city of Atlantis, a renowned historian, drawing from new documentary and academic research, metallurgy, ancient shipbuilding and navigation techniques and DNA evidence, shares his extraordinary discoveries about this legendary civilization that will change our understanding of the past. 100,000 first printing.,

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“MENZIES [IS] PROPOUNDING ONE OF THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY.” (New York Times Magazine)

“A DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN.” (BBC World Service)

“A HISTORICAL DETECTIVE, AS WELL AS A SCHOLAR, [WHO] ADDS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, PAST AND PRESENT.” (New York Daily News)

“ASTOUNDING . . . MENZIES SHOULD GET THE NOBEL AND PULITZER PRIZES FOR HIS WORK. WALK ALONG THE PATHWAYS OF DISCOVERY WITH HIM. IT IS A JOYOUS JAUNT.” (San Bernadino Sun)

“I WANT TO CONGRATULATE GAVIN MENZIES ON A REMARKABLE JOB OF RESEARCH ... A CONVINCING CASE FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE ATLANTIS MYTH ... I RECOMMEND THE LOST EMPIRE OF ATLANTIS.” (Betty Meggers, Director of the Latin American Archaeology Program at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History)

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062049488
• ISBN 13: 9780062049483
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 374