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Marco Polo discovered America 200 years before Colombus, according to map
AFP via translation ^
| August 9, 2007
Posted on 08/09/2007 3:28:45 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: Paisan
So, THAT’S where we got the Orange Julius!
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posted on
08/10/2007 2:16:40 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
To: wolfcreek
"Thanks, Blam! Wasnt there some American artifacts found in Europe suggesting they must of been here pre-Clovis?" Don't know about any artifacts.
Old Egyptian mummies were found to contain Cocaine and Nicotine in their systems...both of those are New World products.
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posted on
08/10/2007 3:30:44 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: wolfcreek
"Thanks, Blam! Wasnt there some American artifacts found in Europe suggesting they must of been here pre-Clovis?" Don't know about any artifacts.
Old Egyptian mummies were found to contain Cocaine and Nicotine in their systems...both of those are New World products.
There's a rumor that Arizona turquoise has been found in Egyptian tombs but, I don't believe it.
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posted on
08/10/2007 3:35:24 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
08/10/2007 3:40:20 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: atomic conspiracy
Then there’s the fact that Columbus was a Messianic Jew, an offensive thought on so many levels. Can’t have that in our multicultural, PC society.
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posted on
08/10/2007 3:49:40 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: driftdiver
Last sentence, third paragraph.
To: HAL9000
Of course he could have copied the information on the map from Chines or other sources when he visited Asia.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:02:58 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
To: IrishCatholic
Where do you get 20,000,000? That figure is the often quoted estimated population of indigenous humans on this continent when Columbus stumbled on the "new world".
The area I live in alone had large populations over a long period of time as evidenced by the number of artifacts that are uncovered (i.e., mounds, pottery, arrowheads, flint drills, etc) almost every day. You can hardly turn a spade of dirt here in the Sequatchie Valley without finding woodlands era artifacts. Paleo artifacts are a bit more rare, but they are found fairly regularly by those who look.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:30:34 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Made in China: Treat those three words like a warning label)
To: muawiyah
Don't be silly. Well, I was being a bit silly, but I guess it just irks me when folks talk about Columbus "discovering" America as if nobody ever knew this continent was here. Millions of folks knew it was here, they just didn't bother to pass the word to Europe......
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:38:06 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Made in China: Treat those three words like a warning label)
To: Paradox
That point of view is not popular here. It has to involve white people or it does not count.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:59:22 AM PDT
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: Thermalseeker
they just didn't bother to pass the word to Europe There was no Europe. There were countless kingdoms in that place and most of them knew about America and several were already engaged in trade with America. Each was keeping its dealings with America secret from the rest in hopes of retaining trade advantages.
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posted on
08/10/2007 9:02:59 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: fish hawk
That point of view is not popular here. It has to involve white people or it does not count. Try SunkenCiv's ping list. We have very open minds about pre-history.
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posted on
08/10/2007 9:13:22 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
To: Izzy Dunne
Beware unskilled translators. Learn to read between the lines.
To: MrBambaLaMamba
The discovery of America is allotted to Christophe Colomb, in 1492.The discovery of America is attributed to Christopher Columbus, in 1492.
The key is ... who followed up on their discovery in a big way -- and that was the Spaniards. It doesn't matter who discovered America if only a group of people knew about it and did nothing with the information.
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posted on
08/10/2007 10:52:02 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Thermalseeker
Actually, most of the residents of the Americas had no idea how extensive the Western Hemispheric main landmass was.
Hadn't a clue.
You could say that even the Indians didn't discover America.
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posted on
08/10/2007 10:55:57 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Between the Lines
The problem with this map is that KOREA IS MISSING.
No doubt the guy who drew it was from Korea so he made it the biggest feature. Not only that he made the Southern tip of the peninsula quite large. That's the place marked Kamchatka.
The landmass to the right someone marked Alaska is actually Japan.
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posted on
08/10/2007 10:59:01 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: stormer
Got several such examples ~ Clovis points are clearly derived from the European tradition.
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posted on
08/10/2007 11:00:35 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: RaceBannon
The United States of Polo?
Polo, Ohio?
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posted on
08/10/2007 11:02:19 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: g33k355
"Then how about the Arizona turquiose in Egyptian tombs? How did it get there???"
Space Aliens of course....haven't you ever heard of Roswell?
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posted on
08/10/2007 11:19:03 AM PDT
by
PigRigger
(Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
To: HAL9000
What about the Chinese characters on the map?
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posted on
08/10/2007 11:21:48 AM PDT
by
dsc
(There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke)
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