Dave L Wrote:
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> Hi Richard, any more detail you can give me
> appreciated.
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> Dave Light

More on Zheng He (or Cheng Ho) - the real voyages

[www.chinapage.com]

[library.thinkquest.org]

[www.chinapage.com]

This is from the Wikipedia article at:[en.wikipedia.org]
Menzies controversy
Author and former submarine Lieutenant Commander Gavin Menzies in his book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World claims that several parts of Zheng's fleet explored virtually the entire globe, discovering West Africa, North and South America, Greenland, Iceland, Antarctica and Australia. Menzies also claimed that Zheng's wooden fleet passed the Arctic Ocean. Despite these claims, none of the citations in 1421 are from primary (Chinese) sources. Professional scholars do not accept Menzies' assertions, finding his statements controversial and unsupported by the currently available historical evidence.


The Wikipedia article is very comprehensive, and worth reading, as is the discussion on it, to which Doug Weller contributed. Click Discussion at the top of the page.





regards

Richard Parker
Siargao Island, Philippines

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