1421: THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA?

Next week on PBS - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9 - 11:00 pm
This two-part program presents a startling journey of adventureand exploration that could turn the conventional view of worldhistory on its head. Gavin Menzies, a retired British submarinecommander, claims he has stumbled across "evidence" that nowshows that the Chinese were the first to discover America --decades before Columbus.