[ARCADIA]

They didn't just discover America. From that map they were also the first to observe that the Earth was round, and the first to explore the entire coastline of every major continent on earth. It would have been an enormous logistical effort of decades involving a major flotilla of ships, a very advanced system of navigation, the development of the kind of sophisticated timepieces that wouldn't be known by the west for centuries. It's amazing that none of the ships logs, the navigation system, or the highly valuable timepieces survive; but then again, neither did the numerous land based staging areas required to water, service, and feed such a far flung fleet.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

They didn't just discover America. From that map they were also the first to observe that the Earth was round

I was wondering how many posts I would read until a Freeper noticed that...

[Jeff Chandler]

they were also the first to observe that the Earth was round

Except, of course, nearly every educated Western person since antiquity, including Christopher Columbus?

[Mike Darancette]

They didn't just discover America.

Yes, they are claiming to have done way too much.

This proves that they can forge a mean map.

[Mike Darancette]

OBTW: showing NW and NE passages is a nice touch.

[killjoy]

It's amazing that none of the ships logs, the navigation system, or the highly valuable timepieces survive; but then again, neither did the numerous land based staging areas required to water, service, and feed such a far flung fleet.

When I lived in Taiwan, I found whenever I got into an argument with a Chiwanese, and they found they could not win, they would resort to throwing out facts about history. It didn't matter if the facts were true or not, they would always resort to tall tales about the glorious past of China. Of course this Menzies crap is just more of the same. They can't point to any modern achievements so they have to continue to reinvent the past. Sad.

[RightWhale]

You refer to the Phoenicians no doubt.

[arthurus]

That's all in the book: 1421. It is a fascinating book.