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Thread: Do you believe that Chinese circumnavigated the world in 1421?
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[quote=CHRISWAUGHBJ,39594]Well Griz, the problem with Gavin Menzies' claims are that they are entirely possible, but there's a definite lack of evidence. Remember that Zheng He's baochuan were so large that Columbus' entire flotilla, boat and crew, could've been comfortable housed on one, with plenty of room left over. As for the navigation skills required, remember that the ancient Polynesians at that time had colonised pretty much the entire Pacific and had even begun settling as far south as New Zealand- and they were going on knowledge of the stars and oral traditions perhaps backed up by nothing more than woven representations of the stars. And their waka were tiny in comparison to even Columbus' boats. Of course, to get to the east coast of the America's would have required rounding either Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope, which are still dangerous even in this day and age.[/quote]
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