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Thread: Do you believe that Chinese circumnavigated the world in 1421?
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[quote=IMOTHEP,230818]Hi I am afraid that Gavin Menzies book - 1421, is an hoax. To give you some background on the matter, you should know that Mr. Menzies is not the brightest person around. He is well known for his disastrous command of the Royal Navy submarine HMS Rorqual, which he rammed into the U.S. Navy minesweeper, USS Endurance in 1969. He also is well known for being a publicity seeker, and was declared a vexatious litigant by the HM Courts Service in the United Kingdom. After reading the book, any knowledgeable scholar or academic can easily conclude the entire story is made up. In fact the book contains so many errors, deceitful and false quotations, that should be considered as fiction. His so-called investigation was such a shambles that in July 2006 he himself admitted to the Australian TV program Four Corners that he was wrong about Zheng He discovery of America. Nonetheless if you are interested in the Treasure Fleet voyages, I suggest instead you read Louise Levathes – When China Ruled The Seas – which gives you an easy to read account of all the voyages from East Africa to the Spice Islands. [/quote]
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