I am very grateful to the following for permitting me to reproduce the beautiful illustrations in this book:
Internal Black-and-White Images
Wendi Watson: Ellipse around the sun diagram; Latitude diagram; Longitude diagram; Position of ships diagram; Ship AB and point C diagram; Lunar mansion; Torquetum diagram; Star map diagram.
The General Collection of Chinese Classics of Science and Technology; The Nung Shu; the Chinese Science and Technological History Review; The Fire Dragon Book: Chinese measuring height; Chinese cannon; Chinese revolving type table printing; Chinese articulated siege ladder; Chinese water powered horizontal wheel; Chinese waterwheel bucket pump; Chinese Ox chain pump; Chinese horse mill; Chinese vertical waterwheel; Chinese chain pump; Chinese water powered machine; Chinese loom and spinning machine; Chinese irrigation; Irrigation wheel; Chinese tilt hammer; Chinese water powered bellow; Chinese cannon balls and petards; Dragon Kite; Chinese trebuchet; Chinese fire lance; Chinese armored ship; Chinese mobile siege ladder; Chinese mobile shield; Chinese crossbow; Chinese animals with spears; Chinese animals with fire; Chinese fortress.
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid: from Leonardo’s Madrid Codices: Leonardo tooth geared wheels, fol. 15v; Leonardo cranks, chain drives, fol. 35v; Leonardo crossbow, fol. 51r;
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milano: from Leonardo’s Codex Atlanticus: Leonardo paddleboat, fol. 954r; Leonardo parachute, fol. 1058v; Leonardo cannon, fol. 154v; Leonardo printing press, fol 358 r-b; Leonardo machine gun, fol. 56v.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munchen: Taccola’s water powered bellows. Codex Latinus Monacensis 197 pt. II, fol. 43v; Taccola fire lance. Codex Latinus Monacensis 197 pt. II, fol. 75v; Taccola horse with spears. Codex Latinus Monacensis 28800, fol. 67v; Taccola dogs with fire. Codex Latinus Monacensis 197 pt. II, fol. 67r.
Biblioteca Comunale, Siena: Italian cannon balls and petards. Ms. D. IV, fol. 48v; Italian armored boat. Ms. S. IV, fol. 49r.
Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris: Santini horse mill. Manuscript Lat. 7239, fol. 50r; Pisanello Mongol sketches; Alberti sky Canis Major; Pisanello Mongol face.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticano: Anonymous Sienese parachute. Ms. Additional, fol. 200v; Di Giorgio water powered horizontal wheel. Ms. Latimus Urbinate 1757, fol. 138r
Biblioteca Medicea Leurenziana, Firenze: Di Giorgio measuring height. Ms. Ashburnham 361, fol. 29r; Di Giorgio chain pump. Ms. Ashburnham 361, fol. 35r.
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze: Taccola water wheel bucket pump. Manuscritto Palatino 767, p. 11; Taccola ox chain pump. Manuscritto Palatino 766, p. 19; Taccola vertical waterwheel. Ms. Palantino 767, p. 65; Di Giorgio mobile siege ladder. Ms. II.I.141, fol. 201r; Di Giorgio mobile shields. Ms. Palatino 767, p. 143.
British Museum, London: Anonymous Sienese Engineer, flying man. Ms. Additional 34113, fol. 189v; Di Giorgio trebuchet. Ms. 197, b. 21, fol. 3v.
Cambridge University Press: Chinese toothed gear wheels. Needham vol. 4, pt. 2, sect. 27, p. 85; Cranks, chain drive China. Needham vol. 4, pt. 2, sect. 27, p. 102; Chinese paddleboat. Needham p. 431; Chinese flying car. Needham p. 572.
Color Insert Images
I am most grateful to the following for allowing the reproduction of their photographs:
Color insert 1: Zheng He in Malacca, 2007, © Ian Hudson
Color insert 1: 1418 / 1763 Liu Gang map, 2007, © Liu Gang
Color insert 1: Summer Palace, Beijing, bronze figure on marble. © Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Summer Palace, Beijing, 1902. © Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Color insert 1: The Forbidden City, Beijing, 2007. © Ian Hudson
Color insert 1: The Great Wall of China at Simatai, 2007. © Ian Hudson; Blue and white porcelain. © Percival David Foundation.
Color insert 1: Chinese junk, 1906. © Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Camels at sunset, 2007. © Ian Hudson
Color insert 1: Red Sea, 2007. © Ian Hudson; Cairo / Nile lithograph. © Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Color insert 2:Venice panorama, 1900. © Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Color insert 2: Venice map, © Doge’s Palace Museum, Venice.
Color insert 2: Schöner globes, 1515 and 1520; The Straights of Magellan.
Color insert 2: © Gavin Menzies, Waldseemüller map, Americas with new latitudes and longitudes; Map showing Waldseemüller projected onto a globe, as corrected by Gavin Menzies.
Color insert 2: The Waldsemüller map of 1507 side by side with the Waldsemüller 1506 “Green Globe,” © Bibliotheque Nacionale de France, Paris.
Color insert 28: Map showing CGA5a projected over Waldsemüller. © Biblioteca Estense, Modena.
Color insert 3: Pope Pius II, Pinturicchio.
Color insert 3: Florence; Leonardo da Vinci (self) portrait.
Color insert 3: Renaissance timeline. Wendi Watson and © Gavin Menzies
Color insert 3: Needham’s postcard. © Pepysian Library, Magdalen College; 1408 Ephemeris.table, © Pepysian Library, Magdalen College
Color insert 3: Regiomontanus’ Ephemeris table, © British Library; Armillary sphere at Beijing Observatory. © Gunnar Thompson.
Color insert 3: Submarine surfacing, © Gavin Menzies; Dr. S.L. Lee Medallion. © Dr. S.L. Lee.