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Thread: Do you believe that Chinese circumnavigated the world in 1421?
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[quote=CHRISWAUGHBJ,39155]I haven't read the book, but at the same time I've never heard of a respected historian accepting Gavin Menzies' claims. The evidence for his claims is tenuous at best. And having grown up in New Zealand, I can tell you this: I have never heard of any Chinese shipwrecks in New Zealand waters. Nor have I heard of any Asian seeds or animals having arrived in New Zealand prior to the European discovery and settlement (unless, of course, you consider plants and animals brought by ancient Polynesians to be Asian, which is a claim as tenuous as those of Gavin Menzies). Zheng He's achievements are great enough to stand on their own merits without the fancy embellishments of a retired submariner.[/quote]
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