The Fleet That Sailed Away

di Daniel A. Rayne (Autore)

Oswald, 2026

In 1405, an empire put to sea with nearly 28,000 people and hundreds of ships, and nothing like it had ever been seen. Then it stopped. Admiral Zheng He was a Muslim boy from the mountains of Yunnan, captured in war and raised in the household of a prince who would take a throne. He went on to command seven voyages across the Indian Ocean. They reached India, Arabia and the coast of East Africa, decades before the first Portuguese ship. They returned with envoys from distant kingdoms, and with a giraffe the court believed was a unicorn. Then a new emperor ordered the ships to stand down. The shipyards emptied, the records faded, and a rumour grew that someone had hidden the proof. The Fleet That Sailed Away is a gripping true story of ambition, rivalry and a decision that changed history. It also asks the big question: what if the ships had kept sailing? The usurper emperor who needed to be seen Pirates, wars and quarrels between kings The chroniclers who wrote it all down The ships, the legends and the arguments over how big they were The vanished records and the stone found face down in a drain Grab your copy today and discover the voyage the world almost forgot.

• Autore: Daniel A. Rayne
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Oswald
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237101980