> From: "Stephen A. Lawrence > Mike Carrell wrote: > > >In the early 1400s China was *the* great power and an immense fleet was > >built and launched to map the world and bring it under the Chinese tribute > >system. The world was mapped, and America discovered in 1421. Philip the > >Navigator of Portugal and Columbus had seen copies of the Chinese maps. > > > > Really? Columbus had seen Chinese maps showing America? Then why was > he so confused about the size of the world and so totally ignorant of > the possibility that there might be another continent lurking between > Europe and China?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/24/features/chinam.php Can you imagine America being named after Zheng He? ;-)
