--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Note : Our understanding and assumption of the inability of ancient > > peoples to travel the world is a flawed assumption. The natural > > assumption based on evidence is that the opposite is true. Humans > > were most likely masters of land a sea...long ago. It is amazing > > what a well built sailing ship can do, and all our assumptions about > > the impotance as travellers our anscestors had, have been > > consistently eroded by evidence over the last 50 years. > > > > Extract from: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sultan/explorers.html > > > > "However, in 1962, the rudderpost of a treasure ship was excavated > > in the ruins of one of the Ming boatyards in Nanjing. This timber > > was no less than 36 feet long. Reverse engineering using the > > proportions typical of a traditional junk indicated a hull length of > > around 500 feet." (note: Columbus' largest ship was less than 100 > > feet) > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sultan/explorers.html > > These articles are fascinating. I have seen PBS shows on the Irish and > Nowegian sailors' exploration -- I believe they indicated a fairly > strong acheological case for both reaching North America. One show as > I remember, perhaps too vaguely, indicated evidence of Chinese in > North America. These articles indicate that the naval capacity was > there to do so. >>
Yes, and I suspect the Indians, Phonecians, Egyptians, and also Peruvians plied the seas like they were completely at home with it. Ancient humans have had more a natural connection and living as creatures comfortable with the ocean than we may think, possibly going back to the evolution of the first humans themselves, and probably never really lost it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
