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1421: The Year the Chinese
DID NOT Discover America A Tabulation of the Evidence
Against Gavin Menzies Americans will soon (January
2003) be able to read a new history book which the author hopes will
revolutionize the study of navigational history. His thoughts, and indeed the entire book, lays out a
description of how the Chinese, led by Zheng He, discovered America (and
indeed traversed the entire North American continent) in 1421, well before
Columbus. Not only did the Chinese
discover America, but also established colonies in such places as South
America, the Caribbean, and North America.
This web page is designed as a
starting point for those who would like evidence that supports the fact that
Menzies is flat out wrong. This web
page is designed to debunk the various misinformation that was exhibited in
Gavin Menzies “historical” novel, 1421: the Year China Discovered the
World. Menzies created quite a stir by
announcing his intentions to write this novel, and indeed got one of the
largest book contracts in the historical field (approximately $750,000). Yet historians label him as yet another
figure writing “Alternative History”…. Whatever the realities may be, historians have indeed spilled quite a lot of ink to make sure Menzies is never taken seriously….
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