Posted on 07/28/2006 10:06:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Plans to excavate a Chinese ship that sunk in the Indian Ocean off Siyu Island 600 years ago are still on, a diplomat has said... Mr Chongli said the Chinese embassy in Nairobi expected the budgetary estimates to be presented to the People's Council for approval in the next budget, early next year. At the same time, a delegation of Chinese researchers had gone back home to study the historical significance of the ship according to available records... The ship is believed to have hit a rock and capsized near Shanga Village in Lamu. The head of coastal archaeology in the National Museums of Kenya, Mr Herman Kiriama, said the excavation would mark the climax of the process to unveil Chinese heritage at the Coast. "A lot has been said about the ship that is believed to have been in the fleet of the legendary Chinese mariner Zheng He, but it is still not clear where exactly it sunk and what information is buried with it," said Mr Kiriama.
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Did they say how large be this curve-sided ship of many thwarts?
Uh, good question (heh). I think they're expecting to find the name of the ship painted on the side or something. I wonder if the ship is actually Chinese at all.
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When China Ruled the Seas:
The Treasure Fleet of
the Dragon Throne,
1405-1433
by Louise Levathes1421:
The Year China Discovered America
by Gavin Menzies
in chrono order, I think this is all of 'em:
Explorer From China Who 'Beat Columbus To America'
The Telegraph (UK) | 3-4-2002 | Elizabeth Grice
Posted on 03/04/2002 6:24:49 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/639813/posts
Chinese Explorers 'Discovered America' [ ! ]
Straights Times Europe Bureau | Alfred Lee
Posted on 03/07/2002 10:00:38 PM EST by ex-Texan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/642344/posts
Ancient Map Of Africa Poses Questions
cooltech.iafrica | 11-12-2002
Posted on 11/12/2002 11:21:38 AM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/787468/posts
Did the Chinese discover America?
CNN | January 13, 2003 | Adam Dunn
Posted on 01/13/2003 5:50:54 PM EST by NP-INCOMPLETE
Edited on 04/29/2004 5:01:55 AM EDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/822040/posts
The Pinta, Santa Maria And A Chinese Junk? (More)
Christian Science Moniter | 1-29-2003 | Amanda Paulson
Posted on 02/03/2003 6:18:04 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/835226/posts
Is Gavin Menzies Right or Wrong? (Did the Chinese discover the western hemisphere?)
History News Network | March 10, 2003 | Timothy Furnish
Posted on 03/12/2003 11:30:30 AM EST by robowombat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/862986/posts
PBS Previews: 1421: the year China discovered America?
PBS
Posted on 07/21/2004 1:00:24 PM EDT by SteveH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1175670/posts
Who came first, Chinese or Columbus?
Herald Today | May 14, 2005 | Dana Sanchez
Posted on 05/16/2005 6:26:15 AM EDT by SteveH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403962/posts
Were Chinese here first? (china; menzies; 1421)
NewsAdvance.com | May 15, 2005 | Shannon Brennan
Posted on 05/16/2005 6:35:42 AM EDT by SteveH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403964/posts
China map lays claim to Americas
BBC News | January 13, 2006
Posted on 01/13/2006 1:31:34 PM EST by West Coast Conservative
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557574/posts
okay, two more:
China map lays claim to Americas ( China Won't Stop at Taiwan?)
BBC NEWS | Friday, 13 January 2006, 13:23 GMT | BBC NEWS (general staff)
Posted on 01/14/2006 10:34:00 AM EST by Candor7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558046/posts
sort of related:
600-Year-Old Ancient Warship Found In Shandong
Xinhuanet/China View | 8-12-2005
Posted on 08/13/2005 2:33:57 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462782/posts
Well in those days everything in a sense was unique, The way the boat was built will reveal its origins.
Definitely. Sure would be amusing if it turned out to be Roman-era, but of course it is more likely to be more recent, because a lot of it is left.
I wonder if the ship is actually Chinese at all.
= = =
Please keep in mind, the Chinese have typically been chronically obsessive bureaucrats for many thousands of years. They probably have records of said ship in quadruplicate, at least.
Kenya: The Chinese ConnectionZheng He was in charge of a fleet of ships with about 25,000 sailors on a diplomatic and trading mission to Africa when one of the ships ran aground and sank off Pate Island. The sailors swam to shore, carrying porcelain and other goods from the ship. In time, they married local women, converted to Islam and named the village Shanga, after Shanghai... Historians said fighting later erupted among clans in Pate. Shanga was destroyed and the Famau fled, some to the mainland and others to the village of Siyu on the island... Craftsmen on Pate and the other islands of Lamu practise a kind of basket weaving that is common in southern China. On Pate, drums are more often played in the Chinese rhythm than the African style, and the local dialect has a few words that may be of Chinese origin. More startling is the fact that, in 1569, a Portuguese priest named Monclaro wrote that Pate had a flourishing silk industry.
The East African
August 8, 2006
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