Bad History - 1434 by Gavin Menzies

Video Sponsored by Ridge Wallet. Check them out here: https://ridge.com/emperor Use Code “EMPEROR” for 15% off your order! After Gavin Menzies' first book claimed China discovered America before Columbus, his second book claimed China was responsible for the Renaissance. And this time the argument's even weaker. ➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!:   / emperortigerstar   Thanks to Stefan Milo for the intro narration:    / stefanmilo   The full book, if you really want to read it for yourself: https://archive.org/details/1434yearm... Additional sources used: Cooper, John P. “Egypt's Nile-Red Sea Canals: Chronology, Location, Seasonality and Function.” University of Exeter. Archaeopress, 1970. Davidson, Miles H. Columbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Ma, Huan, Feng Ch'eng-chün, and John V. Mills. Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan: The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores (1433). Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1970.