To: fishtank
A Chinese emperor’s fleet supposedly circumnavigated the globe before Magellan. If so, and due to Italy’s trade with China in the 1300s & 1400s, perhaps the map maker had heard of an ocean beyond the Americas.
To: AnalogReigns
Read “1421” for details of this hypothesis...
32 posted on
12/04/2007 11:04:47 AM PST by
bt_dooftlook
(Democrats - the "No Child/Left/Behind" Party)
To: AnalogReigns
In the early 15th Century the Chinese send a naval expedition under the command of an Muslim eunuch that reached Africa. They didn’t sail around the world.
There were 63 ships involved. The largest was 444 feet long. 27,870 men took part in the expedition.
35 posted on
12/04/2007 12:46:17 PM PST by
Hiddigeigei
(Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.)
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