October 29, 2010 07:27PM
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I suspect you are right about trips from the med or even western Europe on an organized basis. Your points about the bottom falling out are well taken.
I do think there was open water sailing and organized trade from the pacific side. Their water craft were much more developed than the west. Note Kublia kan's attempted invasion of Indonesia (not a walk in the park). It is likely that that trade was not continuous.
The asian world view would have included knowledge of the Americas. After all the basic claim was that Americas originated in Asia.
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