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Did they say how large be this curve-sided ship of many thwarts?
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
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
