1421: The Year China Discovered America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 1421: The Year China Discovered America audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
936 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
1421: The Year China Discovered America is an audiobook by Gavin Menzies: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released January 28, 2014, on the World and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- January 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Military (History), Asia
- ISBN
- 9780062343680
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the 1421: The Year China Discovered America audiobook?
1421: The Year China Discovered America runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is the 1421: The Year China Discovered America audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates 1421: The Year China Discovered America?
1421: The Year China Discovered America is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is 1421: The Year China Discovered America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.