Tibetan

[Aidan Wilson]

Well, a British historian hypothesised that a fleet of Chinese junks 
made it throughout south-east Asia, around Arica, into the Meditteranean 
and across the Atlantic about 50 years before Columbus, but I believe 
that his theory was pretty comprehensively refuted. Not sure though 
about any earlier expeditions across the Pacific; would have to have 
been rather early on to predate the Norse, right?

-Aidan

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Aidan Wilson
Paradisec

On 2/05/2008 5:03 AM, jess tauber wrote:
> Wasn't California visited by Chinese treasure fleets long before Columbus or the Vikings came to North America?
>
> So when are the Han going to claim that THIS continent is historically part of China?
>
> Jess Tauber
> phonosemantics at earthlink.net
>