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2004

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	1421 [videorecording] : the year China discovered America / a Paladin Invision production for Penguin Television in association with PBS.
Publisher, Date:	[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2004.
Description:	1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	Did a daring Chinese admiral sailing the world's largest wooden armada reach America 71 years before Columbus? This program examines the mystery surrounding the sailing exploits of the legendary Admiral Zheng He and his 30-year command of a Ming fleet.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subjects:	Discoveries in geography -- Chinese. Voyages around the world. Documentary television programs. Closed captioning. China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
Other Author:	Belling, Larry. Cran, William. Menzies, Gavin. Davidson, Howard. Penguin Television. PBS Home Video.
Other Title:	1421, the year China discovered America [videorecording] Fourteen twenty-one.
Notes:	Based on the book of the same title by Gavin Menzies, 2003. Writer and series producer, William Cran; executive producer, Clive Syddall; executive producers for Penguin Television, John Hollar and Eric Jones; music, Howard Davidson; photography, Peter Harvey. Narrator, Larry Belling. DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo., enhanced for 16 X 9 televisions. Closed-captioned.
ISBN:	0793699487
Publisher Number:	FYCA601
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	143192
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD 910.951 F7815
Medium:	[videorecording]

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