Yang menemukan Amerika China Muslim, laksamana Cheng Ho bukan
Columbus.
Berita ini akan menguak sejarah betapa sejarah diputarbalikan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4609074.stm
China map lays claim to Americas
The map clearly shows the Americas and Africa
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A map due to be unveiled in Beijing and London next week may lend weight to a
theory a Chinese admiral discovered America before Christopher Columbus. The
map, which shows North and South America, apparently states that it is a 1763
copy of another map made in 1418. If true, it could imply Chinese mariners
discovered and mapped America decades before Columbus' 1492 arrival. The map,
which is being dated to check it was made in 1763, faces a lot of scepticism
from experts. Chinese characters written beside the map say it was drawn by
Mo Yi Tong and copied from a map made in the 16th year of the Emperor Yongle,
or 1418. It clearly shows Africa and Australia. The British Isles, however,
are not marked. Controversial claim The map was bought for about $500 from
a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by a Chinese lawyer and collector, Liu Gang.
According to the Economist magazine, Mr Liu only became aware of the map's
potential significance after he read a book by British author
Gavin Menzies. The book, 1421: The Year China discovered the World, made the
controversial claim that a Chinese admiral and eunuch, Zheng He, sailed around
the world and discovered America on the way. Zheng He, a Muslim mariner and
explorer, is widely thought to have sailed around South East Asia and India,
but the claim he visited America is hotly disputed. The map is now being
tested to check the age of its paper and ink, with the results due to be known
in February. Even if it does prove to have been drawn in 1763, sceptics will
point out that we still only have the mapmaker's word that he copied if from a
1418 map, rather than from a more recent one.
Zheng He: A Medieval Chinese Muslim Columbus?
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The publication of a book asserting that a powerful Chinese Muslim admiral
discovered much of the known world raises interest in Zheng He.
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By Shahed Amanullah, February 23, 2004
Very few in the West have heard of the ancient Chinese
Muslim explorer Zheng He (sometimes known as Cheng Ho), but in Asia he commands
quite a bit of fascination. That has changed with the publication of a book
(2002's 1421: The Year China Discovered America by British writer Gavin
Menzies) that boldly asserts that Zheng He - a devout Muslim captured in war at
the age of 10, made a eunuch, and placed into service of the Emperor -
discovered America 80 years before Columbus. He is said to have commanded a
fleet of 28,000 people sailing on 300 ships, the largest of which measured some
400 feet long. The proven extents of his travels include India and Africa, from
where he brought back a giraffe - previously unseen by the Chinese - among his
tribute. His Muslim heritage (both his father and grandfather were hajjis) is
said to have opened doors to him during his travels in and around Africa. Even
today there are some in Africa who claim Chinese heritage, believing
that they are the descendants of Zheng He's sailors. Zheng He's achievements,
debated as they are, have been recently cited as an inspiration for China's
recent forays into space and international diplomacy. "Zheng He is seen as
epitomising peaceful internationalism," says Chinese history professor Liu
Yingsheng. "That is the image of China that current leaders wish to present to
the world." The Chinese government is planning a series of exhibits and
conferences around a 600th anniversary commemoration of Zheung He, including a
partial re-enactment of one of his journeys in a Ming Dynasty-era junk. "I see
him as the first hero in the history of Chinese sea exploration," says event
organizer Alan Hsu.
selanjutnya:
http://permai1.tripod.com/chengho.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E3AF58DB-9CAF-4F5F-81CD-1ED1BC8ECEBA.htm
http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1180_0_26_0_C27
http://www.islamfortoday.com/zhenghe.htm
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