Some historians of the twenty-first century have been influenced by the theories of Historian Gavin Menzies, whose best seller "1421: The Year China Discovered America" contends that the Chinese did i...Some historians of the twenty-first century have been influenced by the theories of Historian Gavin Menzies, whose best seller "1421: The Year China Discovered America" contends that the Chinese did indeed go well beyond the familiar trade routes, not only rounding the Cape of Good Hope, but also traveling to Australia and Central and South America.