Discovered for who? Did Columbus discover America? Yes, but just for Western Europe. The land was always there, some people didn't know, those who found it told others about, and thus they discovered it.
It is all a game of perspective, if the Chinese found it but didn't tell anybody, then the Columbus discovered it, but if the Chinese told everybody, then they discovered it. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Did the Chinese discover America? > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/01/13/1421/index.html > > > -- > Bill Wheatley > Senior Database Developer > Macromedia Advanced Coldfusion 5 Developer > Ediets.com > ICQ - 417645 > Aim - Bill Ediets > 954-749-5013 x159 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
