During the Great Age of Chinese, exploration, (those who traveled over
the land bridge were Asians but not Chinese), from 1400 to 1431 the
Chinese may have discovered America, they certainly were in the Indian
Ocean as far west as the Persian Gulf, based on Persian records. We
have no real idea how far they ranged since in 1479 the official
records were destroyed, by imperial decree. There are many sites on
the US East Coast that have stone constructions more like Northern
European stone constructions of the Bronze age than anything from the
colonial era, and not likely to have been made by woodlands nomads. I
make no claims but none the less they are there. There are documents in
Celtic monasteries in Ireland that hints about knowledge of lands to the
west, no real proof, maybe but hints. Portuguese and English fishermen
may have been drying their fish on off shore islands in Nova Scotia,
(fishing grounds were kept secret to keep the competition away).
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: PESO - Autumn or Winter?
Could have been the first to discover America, there's also arguments
for Celtic Monks, Portuguese and or British Fishermen, and Bronze age
traders...
(We won't even begin to discuss possible Chinese explorers in the
Pacific).
Chinese (or people from that general part of Asia_ were first on the
scene, crossing a land bridge that went across the Bering Strait
during the Wisconsinan glacial period, some 13000-15000 years ago.
Viking remains have been found in eastern Canada that date back at
least 1000 years.
William Robb
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