What have Piri Reis Map, the Sacramento junk, the sand mounds on Bimini and the tower on Rhode Island in common? They are clues supporting the story that in 1421-3 the Chinese, in the largest fleet ever known, circumnavigated the world reaching, among other places, N America (well before Columbus). Ming Emperor Zhu Di initiated this but subsequently, fearful of the Gods, abandoned the scheme, destroyed the evidence and imposed isolation on China. History re-written?
(James Baker - bwl 18 April 2003 ) |
