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For those interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/1421-Year-China-Discovered-World-ebook/dp/B0091R30MS https://www.amazon.co.uk/1421-Year-China-Discovered-World-eb

• ranting-moth 3y ago
  But keep in mind: "His book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, is a work of sheer fiction presented as revisionist history. Not a single document or artifact has been found to support his new claims on the supposed Ming naval expeditions beyond Africa." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies#Criticism
  • Beijinger 3y ago
    I had a look into his book. It is not written very scientifically. From a review: "A true academic work would have been far more careful to distinguish between what is hard evidence and what is inference, assumption, and hypothesis." But it is a fact that America was known and had settlements before Columbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows
    • Cthulhu_ 3y ago
      Known by Europeans; it's been "known" / inhabited for at least 10.000 years. As far as I'm aware there's no records of other major players visiting / "discovering" it though besides the Norse.
      • coldtea 3y ago
        Where do you think the Native Americans came from? They are not exactly descendants of the Norse.
      • benxh 3y ago
        It was known by Polynesians for at least 1000 years before Columbus. See sweet potatoes.