继《1421年:中国发现世界》之后,英国航海历史学家加文·孟席斯又推出了第二部著作《1434年》。他在书中提到:一支首先驶往开罗,后于1434年抵达托斯卡纳区的中国探险者的庞大舰队,带来了中国的科学、艺术和技术方面的进步引发了意大利的文艺复兴运动。中国探险者的庞大舰队驾驶多桅杆中国式帆船,早在哥伦布之前就抵达了美洲大陆,并领先欧洲探险者数百年时间绘制了世界地图。这一理论在历史学家中引起一片哗然。 Following “1421: China discovered the world”, British naval historian Gavin Menzies launched the second book, “Year 1434”. He mentioned in his book that a large fleet of Chinese explorers, who first drove to Cairo and arrived in Tuscany in 1434, brought China’s advances in science, art and technology to spark the Italian art Revival movement. The vast fleet of Chinese explorers drove the multi-mast Chinese sailing boat, arriving in the Americas long before Columbus and drawing the world map hundreds of years ahead of European explorers. This theory has caused an uproar among historians.