Secret Voyages:
True Adventure Stories from
the Forbidden Chronicles of
American Discovery
by Gunnar Thompson,
foreword by Gavin Menzies,
ed by Matthew Bridgeway
Secret Voyages:
True Adventure Stories from
the Forbidden Chronicles of
American Discovery
by Gunnar Thompson,
foreword by Gavin Menzies,
ed by Matthew Bridgeway
Gunnar Thompson talks about his long study of ancient maps. Before him is a copy of what he says is a 1418 map showing North and South America. -- Gary Settle / Special to the Seattle Times
A copy of a 1418 Ming map, said to have been found in a Shanghai antique shop by Beijing antiquities scholar Liu Gang, is held up by Gunnar Thompson as evidence that Asian explorers sailed the world long before Columbus. Critics doubt the map is authentic. -- Gary Settle / Special to the Seattle Times
Zheng He (?)
BumP
China beat Columbus to it, perhaps
The Economist | Jan 12th 2006 | unknown
Posted on 01/14/2006 12:05:19 AM EST by tbird5
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557913/posts
Rat DNA Clues To Sea Migration
BBC | 6-8-2004
Posted on 06/08/2004 4:51:08 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1149993/posts
Island Hopping To A New World
U.S. News | 2/23/2004 | Alex Markels
Posted on 02/18/2004 5:24:06 PM EST by Fedora
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080760/posts
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When China Ruled the Seas:
The Treasure Fleet of
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1405-1433
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The Year China Discovered America
by Gavin Menzies
So we’re Chinese. Explains a lot.
As a Creationist, personally find those who openly mock those who hold view contrary to their own on issues dealing with history to be offensive.
And personally consider it to be improbable that all that many people visited the Americas before Columbus--though there were some. As for Columbus being the 'first,' Leif Erikson (Errikson?) is pretty much nailed down, today. Those who consider that bunk are now in the minority among experts in the field.
I don’t know about the Chinese... but we have Viking settlements that anyone can go visit in Canada (L’Anse aux Meadows)that predate Columbus by more than four centuries...
