Ancient Map Of Africa Poses Questions

cooltech.iafrica ^ | 11-12-2002

[Doomonyou]

PAGING ART BELL

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A picture dated 11 November 2002 shows a detail on the Da Ming Hun Yi Tu (the Amalgamated Map of the Great Ming Empire) dating back to 1389 which is arguably the oldest world map in existence that accurately reflects the African continent.

I'm not sure how accurate the map is, but the Chinese Navy had hundreds of ships in the 14th century. They must've been sailing somewhere.

[SunkenCiv]

"The idea is to take us beyond what we have been ... brainwashed into believing" declared Speaker Frene Ginwala at the opening of the exhibition...

..."and brainwash everyone into believing something else."

[SunkenCiv]

update:

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[SandwicheGuy]

kill all the Muslim men, take the women (who, I'm sure, would prefer to toss the burkhas in the trash)

It is hard to argue with a young man with a glint in his eye, more so if there are a few hundred million and no girls to be had. Your scenario is quite plausible and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Funny, you don't read about how this is going to factor into global events in the near future.

[RightWhale]

We should ignore all interesting threads for a while because the cryptkeeper is updating his database.

[the anti-liberal]

I don't get it either. The story clearly states:

"it may have been drawn on the basis of an Arab legend"

which suggests at least part of the map isn't even drawn from first hand knowledge, and we all know how useful 'Arab' knowledge is (let alone an 'Arab' legend), and to rely on that seems a bit foolhardy.

What Arab Civilization?

[Torie]

Merina man:

[SunkenCiv]

Cryptkeeper? Sounds like a GGG topic in the making... ;')

[SunkenCiv]

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