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I don't dispute that the Chinese had gunpowder earlier. Did
the Chinese have factories? Does Mervyn3.0 have a reference
for the statement "The first gunpowder factory was in
China."? I'd be interested in looking at it if he does.
Andre
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 17:33:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Save Goa's last vestiges of heritage:
historian
Goanet News Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pointing to the Portuguese-era gunpowder factory
> (Casa de Polvora) at Ribandar, Sakhardande
> informed, "This is supposedly Asia's first
> gunpowder factory, but today there's a danger
> to it from an upcoming residential complex running >
into crores of rupees."
Folks,
Everyone knows that gunpowder was discovered by the
Chinese. The first gunpowder factory was in China. The
very fact that statements like the above are blindly
published in the Goan press says a lot about the state
of it.
André de Souza
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adesouza
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