Saturday, January 14, 2006

News: The Chinese found America first??!!

Is this possible... the Chinese might have been the first to make a modern discovery of the American continent as we know it today??!!

Click on: 'BBC NEWS'.

Photo: The Economist/PA

Oh, on an irrelevant note... what are the chances that a person is a 1.Chinese admiral, 2.Muslim, 3.Eunuch, 4.Mariner AND 5.Explored all corners of the world with wind power in the 1400's?

Well, supposedly Zhang He was... Fuuuuuuyoh*!

I doubt that even if Viking Leif Eriksson REALLY were the one who discovered North America in year 1000, his credentials probably wouldn't come close.

*Malaysian expression of gawgasperation... amazement... like... "WOW" reigning on the pinnacle of gigantamatum!

posted by Kurios1978 @ 9:04 AM   3 comments

3 Comments:

At January 15, 2006 10:59 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

judging by that ... we are the founder of everything ... well ... most of them

 
At January 16, 2006 10:02 AM, Blogger Kurios1978 said...

louyau: Ha ha, but there are still disputes out there on who founded what, and when.

pinky: Saved the link, and will have a look later. Thanks :)

 
At February 11, 2006 10:38 AM, Blogger Max said...

Ya, 1421 is a great read... The author even talks about how the European explorers held in secret copies of the Chinese maps. Makes sense to me!

 

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