哥伦布1492年首先发现美洲，麦哲伦1519年起历时三年首次完成环球航行，大航海、大探险带来“地理大发现”，这些都是教科书中的历史常识。然而2001年，《天下诸番识贡图》摹本的蓦然现身，揭示1418年前中国人已经抵达美洲，并且完成了环球航行。本书即由此图溯源，层层剥开中国人发现世界的谜团玄机——一幅隐藏在11世纪古墓中的世界地图，寓示当时中国人已经完成了对美洲大陆的测绘，而且航遍了澳洲大陆的海岸线；利玛窦及其世界地图，占有中国地图史学界极重要的地位，然而他的地图隐藏一个惊人的秘密，即利玛窦曾经参考过中国古代航海家探险美洲的地图资料；还有一些中世纪地图，描绘出南极陆地的轮廓线，说明古代中国探险家曾经测绘过南极洲……
     古图揭示史实，重识中华文明。本书独家汇集海内外珍稀地图一百余幅，上下几千年，纵横千万里，古图古墓，悬念迭起。作者详研中国古代科技史，指出在哥伦布和麦哲伦出生数百年前，古代中国在远洋航海、天文观测、数学测算、投影绘图和经纬测量等方面的成就，已经促使探险家们完成了勘测世界的壮举。郑和即在前人地图的引导下，完成全球远航。而后东学西渐，古中国人绘制的世界地图辗转流传到欧洲，为欧洲航海家“发现”新大陆指明了方向。

1492 Columbus first discovered America, Magellan in 1519 after three years from the completion of the first voyage around the world, great sailing ships, big adventure bring "geographical discovery", which are textbooks of history. However, in 2001, "the world Zhufan tribute knowledge map" copies of the suddenly appeared, revealing in 1418 are already in China before arriving in America, and completed a world cruise. The book that this map tracing, peeling off layers of the mystery of the Chinese Discovered the World tricky - hidden in an ancient tomb in the 11th century map of the world, integrating the time show the Chinese people have completed the mapping of the American continent, and the Air all over the Australian mainland coastline; Matteo Ricci and the world map, the map of China historians occupy a very important position, but he's hiding an amazing secret map that Ricci had made reference to ancient Chinese navigator, a map of the Americas Adventure information; There are a number of medieval maps depicting the Antarctic land contour, shows the ancient Chinese explorer has been surveying and mapping of Antarctica ... ...
     Antiquities reveal the historical facts, re-knowledge of Chinese civilization. This book brings together an exclusive one hundred pieces of rare maps at home and abroad, up and down for thousands of years, vertical and horizontal 10 million years, the ancient map tombs and suspense after another. By detailed study of ancient Chinese history of science, pointing out that Columbus and Magellan were born a few hundred years ago, ancient Chinese ocean-going sailing, astronomical observation, mathematics calculation, projection mapping and latitude and longitude measurements for its achievements, has led explorers completed a survey of the world feat. Zheng He's map that is under the guidance of their predecessors to complete the world voyage. East, West and then gradually learn the ancient Chinese people draw the map of the world was removed spread to Europe, the European navigators "discovered" New World pointed out the direction.